Mona Çalış

Biography

Ballerina, actress and trainer Mona Calis; She was born in 1992 in Izmir. With the guidance of her mother, who is a ballerina and pianist, she started her ballet career in primary school by being selected for the class of "special talents" in the Classical Ballet Department of Dokuz Eylül University State Conservatory. After 5 years of education, she won the Hacettepe University State Conservatory Classical Ballet Department in secondary school with the first place, and studied boarding for three years. She started his teaching career in 2004. During her high school period, she won the Classical Ballet Department of Dokuz Eylül University State Conservatory with the first place and completed her four-year high school education with the highest grade point average. Before getting her undergraduate degree, she was the principal dancer and instructor of a world-renowned large dance group originating from Turkey. Thanks to her love for musicals, she wanted to combine dance and acting, and she took her first theater and acting education at Müjdat Gezen Art Center with Özdemir Nutku. After completing her acting education here, she came to Istanbul and won the Modern Dance Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Mimar Sinan University. She choreographed special shows and appeared on the stage as a principal dancer. She joined the staff of the Istanbul Children's Theater and became a musical dancer and actor. During this time, she developed self in the fields of art direction, bodily awareness, postural disorders, empowerment, balance and action acting.