{"id":19281,"date":"2026-08-18T10:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rrcgn.de\/?post_type=dt_team&#038;p=19281"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:19:04","slug":"derya-kaptan","status":"publish","type":"dt_team","link":"https:\/\/www.rrcgn.de\/en\/team\/derya-kaptan\/","title":{"rendered":"Derya Kaptan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19281\" class=\"elementor elementor-19281 elementor-19280\" data-elementor-post-type=\"dt_team\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-83625a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83625a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-693b97d\" data-id=\"693b97d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f8e686 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f8e686\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span>Derya Kaptan<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7b35f7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c7b35f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c7b2cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c7b2cc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fca253\" data-id=\"1fca253\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17ceddf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17ceddf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Derya Kaptan is an interdisciplinary artist who combines singing, dancing and acting and not only lives these forms of expression on stage, but also enjoys teaching them. As a choreographer, she develops her own pieces and concepts and regularly works in national and international projects at the interface of art, education and society.<br \/>Since 2012, Derya has been a lecturer at the Institute for Dance and Movement Culture at the German Sport University Cologne and is doing her doctorate in dance\/sports science. She is also active as a dance teacher and project manager in numerous socio-cultural contexts. In 2014, she founded the artist collective CrossArts Cologne, with which she works closely with RRCGN e. V., among others. In 2007 Derya was active as a participant in a ROOTS &amp; ROUTES project for the first time; in 2013, after years of participation in local and international ROOTS &amp; ROUTES projects, she became a founding member of RRCGN.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43c60b9 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"43c60b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/diasporid\" class=\"elementor-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"@diasporid\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/diasporid\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t@diasporid\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a3ce98 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"3a3ce98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" icomoon-the7-font-the7-phone-05\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t+49 177 3685522\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content manager and education officer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","dt_team_category":[96,97],"class_list":["post-19281","dt_team","type-dt_team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dt_team_category-management-board","dt_team_category-member"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Derya Kaptan &#8902; 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