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Istanbul Sights

Dance of Colours

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Good for: turkish dances, istanbul dervishes whirling, bosphorus dinner cruise, turkish night show, turkish folk dances

Not good for: we were deceived by them

  • Address
    • Divan Yolu Caddesi Çemberlitaş FKM Firat Culture Centre
  • Transport
    • Çemberlitaş
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 0554 797 2646
  • Price
    • adult/student/child under 8yr TL40/30/free
  • Hours
    • 7.30pm Thu

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Lonely Planet review for Dance of Colours

This popular two-part performance features a whirling dervish and Sufi music segment followed by dances from 10 different regions of Turkey. Colourful costumes and professional dancers make for a good evening’s fun, with the added bonus that you don’t have to fork out for an indifferent meal.

 

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    a spiritual journey

    arimaman recommends this,

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    The ensemble of dervishes is the unique group of dervishes in Istanbul who got this culture in its original way, from the monastery. Therefore they are religious people who practice a religious ceremony that has a history of 8 centuries. This ceremony lasts about 1 hour but we can do it for 30 minutes. It is always better to do it with live music.(concert).

    The ceremony performed was very original and not a tourist trap. Because in many restaurants and cafes the dervish dances are shown as a cheap imitation of this ritual.

    Good for: istanbul dervishes whirling

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    if you want to see and "feel" the culture, choose this...

    faustinoiii recommends this,

    Dances of Colours consists of 2 activities, The Ceremony of Dervishes at Dervish Dede Efendi House and Dervish Ceremony followed by Turkish dances at FKM Theater. They organise in 2 different places because they want you to feel the culture in the right atmosphere.
    I have seen the one with folk dances at FKM 2 years ago and it was amazing, professional dances, good stage, really authentic programme.

    In september, I saw the dervishes with live music in a typical historical Turkish house. It is in the house of Dede Efendi( 18th- century Turkish musician who is considered as Turkish Beethoven) with his wonderful pieces. They give all this information before the ceremony starts.
    I have seen dervish ceremony in other places in Turkey. On 17th of december, They have the big ceremony in Konya. As an event it is big and professional but it is a show with politicians, tv cameras etc... In the other places, none of them give you the feeling of this special culture. You can even find in restaurants, tea gardens. I dont want to say that this is the best, but I can say that in Dede Efendi House:
    you feel very close to them,

    you feel the spirit of this important musician,

    it is very central but also in a typical Ottoman neighborhood( of course, you need to fo follow the map correctly),

    the musicians and the dervishes are very good,

    You can also discover the beautiful poetry of Rumi from a slayt show of 20 min,

    The price is affordable(45 and 35 TL)
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    It is every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 19.30

    For the performance dates at FKM Theater, you need to contact them, it is not very often.

    You may see just 1 time in your life, try to feel it.

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    disappointing and expensive

    spolaniareyes does not recommend this,

    They changed the place. Now the show is held on a house (we got lost trying to find the new address) with no space and it is impossible to admire the dance. it seemed they are reducing cost by sacrificing quality once they are reviewed by Lonely Planet. too expensive for what it really was.

    Not good for: we were deceived by them

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    Turkish night show and bosphorus dinner cruise

    ares19a recommends this,

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    Different Turkish dances and of course the bell dancer were all fantastic; it was a very nice and interesting night for us. We joined Turkish night show on bosphorus it was great by its belly dancer, and some other show, Dinner was also good. It was excellent to see bosphorus and program at the same time. We enjoyed very much. Thank you very much

    Good for: turkish dances, bosphorus dinner cruise, turkish night show

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    fantastic show, strongly recommended

    decentdealer recommends this,

    by chance we saw this wonderful performance and liked it very much. they are performing the best samples of turkish dances with an utmosth care of professionalism.

    Good for: turkish folk dances

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    a great Turkish night performance, loved it

    ares recommends this,

    We decided to attend this performance after reading some good feedbacks on the web and we made online reservation, the person who was in charge of reservations was very responsible too.There was a brief explantion about the Mevlevi order at the beginning and then the musicians performed the best sufi music samples, following this the dervisves came up whirling around themselves as the music was being played.The programmed took longer than one hour, I can not say this performance is only for tourists as there were lots of locals as well.
    We really liked the professional organised programme.
    You can make reservation on www.dancesofcolours.com

    Good for: whirling dervishes, turkish dances

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