Cemre Su Salur
Performance and Theater Artist
Experimental, Movement Based Art
“The heightened, unapologetic presence of characters on stage excites me – the
holiness of manipulating, stretching, and contracting time. I am deeply honored to
create spaces that transcend reality, offering an ethereal reminder of how magical and glorifying human existence truly is – where boundaries between performance and reality dissolve, allowing the audience to experience the profound beauty and tragedyof the human condition in its purest form.” – Cemre Su Salur
Salur is an Istanbul-based performer, director, and theater artist. Received her Acting BFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2017. In 2015, she established her performing arts collective and production company, The movement Project, by debuting her first original dance-theater piece, HAREM. In 2017, she got accepted to debut her second original dance-theater piece VOID,as a part of HERE Arts Center’s Co-Op Sublet Series in New York. The piece later renamed her theater production company to VOID The Movement Project.
Right after CalArts, she debuted her first-ever European tour with an original play called Fore! as the lead character Anna. The play was written by Aleshea Harris and directed by Arnaud Meunier. While in the US, she performed in festivals such as Hollywood Fringe and Planet Connections Festivity. She was nominated for Best Actress in a One-Act Playat the Planet Connections Festivity.
During the pandemic, she co-founded the international all womxn collective It’s Us: Ophelia and co-created their debut digital project So, Count Mine. She was recently awarded Director of the Year for A Deed Without Name at the IX. Üstün Akmen Theatre Awards. The play also won Ensemble of the Year and was nominated for Play of the Year.