Bio
Baykal Dogan was born in 1975 in Ankara, Turkey, and came to the Netherlands after being graduated from the Turkish Folk Dances department of the Turkish Music Conservatory, the Istanbul Technical Univeristy. Baykal joined Internationaal Danstheater (ID), the Netherlands oldest dance company, upon invitation of Mauritz van Geel, director of ID, in 2001, where he performed as dancer, choreographer and musician for ten years. Additionally, Baykal obtained his master's degree from Codarts Rotterdam, the University of the Arts.
Baykal has been living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for fifteen years and joined numerous music and dance related projects, album studies, performed countless concerts and went on tour with amongst others the Netherlands Wind Ensamble, Holland Baroque, the Holland Symphony Orchestra and Solamente Naturali Bratislava.
Currently, Baykal works with International Dance Ensemble Paloina as choreographer, with Amsterdam Rakkas Dance Compay as art director and with Istanbul Deaf Dance Academy as art advisor and choreographer.
Baykal has been living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for fifteen years and joined numerous music and dance related projects, album studies, performed countless concerts and went on tour with amongst others the Netherlands Wind Ensamble, Holland Baroque, the Holland Symphony Orchestra and Solamente Naturali Bratislava.
Currently, Baykal works with International Dance Ensemble Paloina as choreographer, with Amsterdam Rakkas Dance Compay as art director and with Istanbul Deaf Dance Academy as art advisor and choreographer.
