photography by Efe Can Altuncu
"The transformative power of theatrical performance
lies in its ability to manipulate time
and create heightened moments of human expression.
My directorial approach begins with creating a sanctuary for actors to explore their most instinctive impulses. I am drawn to the raw, unfiltered moments when performers discover trust, vulnerability, and the core essence of a work."
photography by Efe Can Altuncu
Salur is an Istanbul-based performer, director, and theater artist.
Received her Acting BFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2017.
As a theatre artist, she develops hyperrealistic,
heightened landscapes where the poem oozes
and becomes an indescribable dialogue between the spectator
and the performer by redefining and reintroducing tradition
in an experimental, theatrical territory while carrying or canceling
cultural existence with common literary references.
In 2015, she established her performing arts collective and production company,
The Movement Project, by debuting her first original dance-theater piece, HAREM.
In 2017, she got accepted to debut her second original dance-theater piece VOID,
as a part of HERE Arts Center’s Co-Op Sublet Series in New York.
The piece later renamed her collective to VOID The Movement Project.
Right after CalArts, she debuted her first-ever European tour
with an original play called Fore! as the lead character Anna.
The play was written by Aleshea Harris and directed by Arnaud Meunier.
While in the US, she performed in festivals such as Hollywood Fringe
and Planet Connections Festivity.
She was nominated for Best Actress in a One-Act Play
at the Planet Connections Festivity.
During the pandemic, she co-founded the international all womxn collective It's Us: Ophelia and co-created their debut digital project So, Count Mine.​
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She's currently artistically directing her cabaret collective Lulu's Cabaret and theater production company VOID the Movement Project.