Born in 1991, su güzey started studying in Management of Performing Arts Department Performing Arts branch in Bilgi University in 2009. In 2011, they entered MSGSÜ State Conservatory Contemporary Dance Department, from which su graduated in 2015. In fall term of 2014-2015 study year, they went to study in Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversitat in Vienna, with Erasmus+ program. Currently they are a production design student at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

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In 2020, su got accepted to the Fulbright Scholarship program for her MFA in Dance and graduated in 2023 from University of the Arts Philadelphia. 

In January 2022, they became and Adjunct Assistant Professor at UArts Philadelphia School of Dance, teaching Improvisation, Studio Practice, Embodied Yoga Anatomy, Yoga, and advising in Senior Thesis Works classes. they worked as the Productions and Operations Assistant for the UArts MFA Dance program in 2023 in collaboration with ICI-CCN Montpellier, France.

 

they have been working as a producer, production manager and stage manager for artists, projects and festivals in US since 2021 such as Cannonball Festival (2023-2026), Miniball Festival (2023-2026), Philadelphia Contemporary Circus Festival (2025), jaamil olawale kosoko (//shrouded\\ Lincoln Center 2026), Sebastienne Mundheim (KEA and the Ark, ArtPhilly 2026), worked with Bennington College Dance Department as a production member (2025-2026)​​

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they have worked as the lighting assistant for Designer Tuce Yasak (2024-2025) on multiple projects such as On Buried Ground (ShaylaVie Jenkins, 2024)

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since 2021, su has been working as a lighting designer, designing for Philly based artists such as Marguerite Hemmings, Loren Groenendall, and various artists during festival season.

 

assistant to the director of White Box Theatre Sebastienne Mundheim, collaborating artist for her recent work Twist The Grid , commissioned by ArtPhilly for the semiquincentennial . studio assistant and fabricator for her work Bartok's Monster. 

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su created and organized Visibility in Art Festival with two other co-creators in 2014 , first year in collaboration with Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University; the festival started in Istanbul and continued in İzmir in collaboration with budalasultan collective until 2019.

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Su has worked with Aakash Odedra Company as a freelance dancer since 2015 in research projects, and the piece '#Je Suis' created in this process by Aakash Odedra Company has been on tour. The piece had its world premiere in NYU Abu Dhabi in January '18 and its Europe premiere in Birmingham Hippodrome; performed in Sadler's Wells, London, and had its UK and Germany tour, with more than 50 performances in total.

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su performed in pieces of many choreographers such as Jerome Bel, Helder Seabra, La Fura Dels Baus, Ann Van den Broek, Aakash Odedra, Anton Lachky, Korhan Başaran, Jesus de Vega Gomez, Slobodan Dan Paich, Esther Balfe,Aydın Teker, Willi Dorner, Mustafa Kaplan, Isaac Chong Wai.

 

they presented their first project “Store My DNA, So They Can Regenerate My Soul” in İKSV 19th İstanbul Theatre Festival in 2014. their piece 'rattling' performed in Cannonball Festival 2023, Miniball Festival at FringeArts in 2024. Their collaboration with Evrim Akyay as co-creators started in April 2019, with their first performance piece 'kitty kitty', sponsored by Akbank Sanat for the creation process. 'kitty kitty' made its Turkey premiere in 23rd IKSV Istanbul Theatre Festival in December '19 and got accepted to Zaratan Artist in Residence in Lisbon, PR, and performed in Lisbon with collaboration with Zaratan and Largo Residencies. 'kitty kitty' got accepted to Aerowaves Twenty21 Choreographers for 2020-2021 season.  Their second piece 'tikirti' premiered in A Corner in the World Festival in SALT Beyoğlu, May 2019, and got accepted to Tanzwerkstatt Europa Festival in June '20. In '21, the piece got accepted to the artist residency at Neimenster, Luxembourg, then to be performed in Aerowaves Dance Festival Luxembourg in August same year. Their next piece, created in residency in Lisbon, 'small talk' premiered in Zaratan, Lisbon. 

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su keeps on creating in versatile disciplines; performance creations and workshops, music video choreographies to costume designs, light design and installations, object design and music compositions, documentary projects and short videos. su cherishes the inter/multi disciplinary approach to keep on re-discovering, asking and searching in/within/through/towards wonder, creating and re-finding her perspective and language in movement, listening, sensing.