Candaş Baş  is a director, choreographer, and performer originally from Istanbul, living in Berlin.
Her work has been shown in Les Floraisons du Botanique FR, CCBE BE, IX. Festival Internacional de Danca Contemporanea Portugal, Sofia Dance Week BU,14.-15. and 16. Istanbul International Theatre Festival, IDANS, Diyalog Festival Berlin, Culturscapes Switzerland, Dansem FR, Question de danse France, New Sounds of Istanbul DE, Displaced Replaced DE, Radialsystem DE, NYU Cultural Centre Abu Dabhi.
Candaş’ performances live in the friction between memory and survival and an ongoing negotiation with displacement, replacement, belonging, and defiance.
She created and performed solos works, performances as well as choreographies for theatre, film and stage.
Currently she takes part in Constanza Macras / Dorky Park on multiple works including
Goodbye Berlin
,
Hunger
,
Drama
,
The West
,
Stages of Crises
, and
The Pose
.