DANCE AND OUR MISSION

What is dance?

Dance… The oldest ritual in existence… It is the most vivid expression and perhaps a way of life that hasn’t lost much of its soul from the oldest memories of human history to today.

Dance… The rebirth of all kinds of soul movements that you cannot put into words… Sometimes a ritual you dedicate to gods, sometimes a confusion brought about by not being able to look into the eyes of love… Music, light, movement…

Dance… The most entertaining sports and art discipline, which is embraced by today's people with increasing interest, is also one of the indispensable elements of show business.

An economy which is gaining value day by day with the new fields of work it creates.

Our Mission:

Aytunç Bentürk Dance Academy (ABDA),
In order to be decisive in all areas of activity about dance, it has established dance, organization, casting and art departments and combined these units under the roof of ABDA GROUP.
The mission of ABDA is, fulfilling the need arising in the sector, answering the needs of the people and the companies with the precision of an artist, make Turkey’s name heard of around Europe by enhancing projects and developing dancers and raising sportive, smart, nimble and ethic young dancers to our country.

HISTORY OF ABDA

Born in Istanbul in 1972, Aytunç Bentürk started his professional dance career between 1985 and 1986. As Turkey's second term dancer, Aytunç Bentürk worked with many important artists between 1986-1995 as a choreographer.

Aytunç Bentürk, who founded the music group “A Couple of Good Men” in 1996, suddenly became a phenomenon on television screens when it came to dance. He started to give dance lessons in the gym named "FFC" in order to spread what he knew about dance to a wider public. Aytunç Bentürk bought this place after 2 years and renewed its name as "FFDC". He also carried out his reputation by collecting all the dance prizes in the World and Europe. All the dance scene around the world were talking about this young Turkish boy. 2005 was the year when it was no longer possible to fit students in "FFDC". Aytunç Bentürk had the idea of establishing a big academy beyond a dance school, and in the same year he founded Aytunç Bentürk Dance Academy in Koşuyolu, a cute neighborhood of Kadıköy. Today, Aytunç Bentürk Dance Academy continues its activities in the name of dance with more than 100 professional dancers, over 300 amateur dancers and an administrative staff of 15 people.
Hundreds of people take part in films, series, competitions, clips, fashion shows, promotions and shows every year from this giant structure, which is the only institution where all known dance styles are performed apart from salsa and this structure is also called "ABDA" by its students.