A native of Turkey, lives in USA, Ahmet is an accomplished choreographer and dance teacher as well as a researcher of Anatolian culture. He is currently the artistic director of the award winning Boston based Collage Dance Ensemble and served as an International Art Director of “Outside the Box” International Arts Festival in Boston. Ahmet has taught and performed in five continents.
He is the winner of Crash Art’s “Dance Straight Up! 2004 & 2006”, “Ten’s the limit 2005” and Boston Dance Umbrella’s “Boston Moves 2001” awards for choreography. His choreography won the Gold medal at “Hong Kong open Dance Competition”. He was presented with the 2002 Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts & Humanities by the Assembly of Turkish American Associations. His documentary film “In their footsteps” has won the “best documentary” award in 2023.
His college major was music. Ahmet’s 400 page study was awarded First Place by the Turkish ministry of Education. Ahmet has a second degree in Fine Arts. He is also an award winning producer in documentary field.
