Shai Ben Atar

Poopik Theater

Tamy ben Tor

Barking Bird

Started her career as a dancer in the Kol Udmama Dance Company. Studied dance at the Bat Dor Studio, Tel Aviv, and Madame Darwesh School, New York. Graduate of the School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem - directing, playwriting, choreography, acting and puppeteering.

MA in animation at Bournemouth University, England

Revital Arieli

Designs puppets for theater and television. Studied at Bezal'el Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem - sculpture, drawing, painting and animation. Graduate of the School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem - puppet design, directing, playwriting, acting and puppeteering.

The Gertrude Theater group was founded in 1995 by Yael Inbar and Revital Arieli. That year they created Gertrude's Bone Show**.

This work was performed often in the Suzanne Dallal** Center, Tel Aviv,

at the Tel Aviv Museum, Haifa Theater and elsewhere in Israel. This work was awarded first prize at Cannes International Theater Festival (France), and the Valencia International Theater Festival (Spain). It has received wonderful reviews and is performed in numerous international festivals (France, spain, Belgium, Holland, England, Scotland, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Canada and the US). In 1999 the group was chosen by both the Israeli and the French Ministries of Culture to represent Israel in The Israeli Season in Paris. In 1997 Inbar and Arieli created their work Play Dead in Amsterdam,

for 6 dancers and puppets. 1998 saw their new work, Loot, produced by the Korso Theater in the Hague, with the participation of the dancer-actor Eduardo Sausa. The work was performed in the Cadance Festival in the Hague, and in various international festivals.

Further Information: The theater collaborates with various theater productions that incorporate puppets - The Kameri Theater*, Tel Aviv, in its production of Lysistrata; the Children and Youth Theater's production Elephants Don't Dance Ballet, and offers workshops focusing on interdisciplinary combinations of work with puppets for adults - such as a workshop with designer Rakefet Levi, who brought together design students from the Shenkar Design School and acting students from Tel Aviv University Theater Arts Department, for joint work on texts by Hanoch Levin.

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Graduated the School of Visual Theater: 1994
Specializations performance art, video, installation
Main works:
The End - 1995
Mouth - 1996 (Awarded Phenomena Festival Prize)
Cut/Cut-1997
Alice-1998
Endforever-1999
Natural Scenes-2000
Propaganda Project-2000-2004
Including Propaganda voices from hell
Propaganda Music album and Propaganda Live Punkrockshow

Graduated the School of Visual Theater: 2001
Specializations acting, scriptwriting, playwriting, directing
Main works:
Hannale and Her Sabbath Dress - for adults - final project in the School of Visual Theater (adaptation, directing and acting). The work was performed in the Zagreb and Lubliana Festivals.
Television: It's Been Great (drama)in the series "Homeland Class"

Graduated the School of Visual Theater: 2003
Specializations: movement, stage design
Main works:
A4-final project - dance theater in which material and space constitute the essential basis for the movement and the characters. Performed at Intimadance 2003 Festival.
Indepaintdance - an interdisciplinary performance combining physical theater, painting and dance.
Geography- political physical theater dance
Wolfson- co-creator of absurd theater of objects
Awards: The America-Israel Foundation Award for Stage Design 2003
The Mayor of Jerusalem Award for artistic achievement, 2003
Further information:
1998-9 member of the Liat Dror and Nir Ben-Gal Dance Company
Co-teaches workshops in Painting-Performance at schools, with Alex Kremer

Graduated the School of Visual Theater: 2001
Specializations: Performance, puppeteering
Main works:
Tourism, The Tamy Ben-Tor Show
Hitler - the Horror and the Horra
The Talent Show, The talk show, Electroyiddish
Performed regularly in clubs in London as well as Berlin, New York,
and, of course, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Awards: The Jerusalem Fund Award 2000
Further information:
"Her video works and live performances create a sort of cultural 'ground zero' - her awareness to moral, ideological, political and cultural cliches, combined with her comic sensitivity, produce a body of work that troubles, intrigues and is simply funny. Her interest/obssession with Nazis in particular and European Jewish heritage in general have generated her present work - an electro-Yiddish cabaret in which she presents a modern, updated, low-tec electronic version of the Barry Sisters' Yiddish classics." (Avi Fitshon)**

Graduated the School of Visual Theater: 1998
Specializations:performance art, movement and street theater

Further information:
Has been active in the following groups and frameworks for the past 10 years: Dudi Maayan's "Hothouse" project in Shlomi; the theater laboratory project "Family Table" at Kibbutz Kabri; performs and works with the Arma Theater in physical theater and modern clown work; active in the Biblical production "The Feast" with the "Circle" group. Performs throughout Israel in various events. Facilitates and leads story-telling sessions for children and adults. Works with disabled children and has lately been working as therapeutic clown in hospitals. Participated in clown and theater workshops offered by artists of international renow, such as John Ryte**, Bim Mason** and Philippe Goulier**. Extensive experience in various types of performance, especially interactive with the audience.

Graduated the School of Visual Theater: 1993
Specializations:performance artist dealing with clothes and all they enfold.
Main works:
Evelilith - Fashion Show (a one-model show, who ties to use heavy clothes to fly lightly).
Fashionography - a confession-monologue and one dress: on three dramatic strippings and their fatal consequences.

Further information:
Currently involved in a joint project with painter Faten Alawi on a serious of women's clothes inspired by Bedouin dress.
Also developing her next work: Hadass' Circus

Graduated the School of Visual Theater: 2002
Specializations:puppet theater, body theater and clown work, visual art and stage design
Main works:
Design, directing and acting in her own final project, Tulips - a theater-of-objects combining body work. The actress animates parts of her body packed in cardboard boxes, reminiscent of puppet theater. Delicately humorous, this piece describes the individual's transformations and transitions on the way to growth and independence. Participated in The Government of Fools that was presented at the Acco Festival, as actress and costume designer, directed by the Arma Theater groups. Designed stage and puppets for the work Faust, directed by Roni Nelken.
Awards: "outstanding studies achievement" awart for her final project Tulips. Further information: completed the Assaf Harofe Hospital Course in therapeutic clown work. B.Ed. in education at the David Yellin Teachers' College, majored in arts for elementary school.

Graduated the School of Visual Theater: 2002
Specializations:dance theater, oriental dancing
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Awards: Award for artistic achievement forThe Duende Game, the America-Israel Foundation scholarship, outstanding prize for Feast of Feeling.

Graduated the School of Visual Theater: 2001
Specializations:actress, masseuse
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Main works:And in my dream, a rose
Co-creator of Hannale and her Sabbath Dress at the 2001 Acco Festival
Actress and co-creator of New Old Land at the 2002 Israel Festival

Graduated the School of Visual Theater: 2001
Specializations:directing, puppet-making, design
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Main works:Saga; Plasmatica - Notes of a Journey;
The Dead Sea Fish; Death Sat Next to Me; Ori
Awards: Tmuna Theater's first-prize winner for Saga at the 2002 Acco Festival
Special mention for puppet design of Plasmatica - Notes of a Journey at the 2003 Acco Festival

Graduated the School of Visual Theater: 1999
Specializations:video, performance, painting
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Main works:Studio; Last Waltz; La Vie en Noir
say something nice to me, mammy&daddy, pushing the equinox
Awards:First prize at the 2001 New York Fringe Festival
Scholarship of the America-Israel Culture Foundations for 1999-2000 and 2003-2004.
leading family workshops in the method of the education for the
third thousand, and children workshops for "imagino" theater group

Graduated the School of Visual Theater: 2002
Specializations:lighting and graphic design
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Main works: directing, design and acting in The Short Prince (a variation of "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint Exupery); Eye Shadow at Studio Roger Ychai.
Participated in Earth Celebrations International Festival of Interdisciplinary Art in New York, in Turning leafes, turn, leave, turning Performance tour in Japan with the Butoh performance Tsukanoma Dance
Installation with projections Shinjuku Tokyo - Dissident T.J.P. Studio - processed images and sound from the underworld of trains in Tokyo, New York, Berlin and Mexico.
Awards:stage design scholarhsip from the America-Israel Culture Foundation.
Further information: member of the Tsakanuma**Butoh dance group.
Studied Butoh with Maya Dunsky, Kazuo Vioshitu Ono, Diego Pinion**, Yomiko Yoshiuka, Imri Thorman** and Tadashi Endo**.
Studied Nagutshi Taisu** with Yasko Tarashima** and Imri Thorman.**

Graduated the School of Visual Theater:1999
Specializations:puppets, design, story-telling
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Main works:Fahrenheim - first prize at the Duaman Festival 1999.
participated in festivals in Slovenia, Croatia, Russia. Invited to Japan summer 2004. Co-directed with Masha Namirocsky. Soundtrack: Eyal Sela. Lighting: Uri Rubinstein. Actors: Eliana Shechter and Ofer Amram.
Eshet - first presented at the 2002 Acco Festival. Special mention for directing, and creators' award. Original music: Barry sacharoff. Lighting: Asi Gotesman.
Dancers: Renana Raz and Yuval Fingerman.
How, By Mistake...** - First prize and soundtrack award at the 2001 Haifa Children's Theater Festival. Invited to festivals in Austria, France, Portugal, Poland, Holland and Italy. Co-directed with Avital Devori. Soundtrack: Adi Cohen. Lighting: Asi Gotesman.
Performers: Avital Devori, Sharon Meivsky and Elit Veber (The Dedalos** Group)
AwardsSharet Foundation Scholarship for Outstanding achievement in stage design in 1997 and 1998.
Creators' award courtesy of the Committee for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Art, 19989.
First prize at the Theatronetto-Duaman Festival 1999.
Awarded a grant from Matan (Center for Experimental Theater) for Fahrenheim courtesy of the Rabinowitz Foundation 1999.
Award for the best play in the 2001 Haifa Children's Theater Festival
Matan Grant for How, by Mistake...** courtesy of the Rabinowitz Foundatino 2001.
Craetors' Award for Eshet courtesy of Tmuna Theater, 2002
Matan Grant for Eshet courtesy of the Rabinowitz Foundation 2002.

Graduated the School of Visual Theater:1998
Specializations:sculpture and stage design, costume design, special fashion design
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Main works:Set, costume an lighting design for Aymos** directed by Ruti Kaner for the 1999 Acco Festival - best play award winning, special mention for costume design, September 2002 performance tour in Japan.
Space and costume design for Plasmatica at the 2003 Acco Festival
Special mention for space, costume, lighting and puppet design
Spring 2003 performance tour - festivals in Spain, Poland and the Czech Republic
Costume design for Maase Rav Panim** directed by Baruch Brener, Hama'abada (Laboratory) Theater
Awards: Jerusalem Foundation Scholarship for Students
America-Israel Foundation scholarship for stage design
Special mention for costume design at the 1999 Acco Festival
Special mention for space and costume design at the 2003 Acco Festival
Further information: 2001-2 - Ministry of Labour vocational training course in image consultancy.

Graduated the School of Visual Theater:2001
Specializations:visual arts, installation, poetry, design, performance
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Main works: Shulchan Orech** - installation; The World Is Round (by Joseph Shprintzak) - design.
Awards:The Jerusalem Mayor's award for the outstanding graduate, 2001.
Further Information: Rachel Hagigi is an interdisciplinary artist.
In 1997 she was co-founder of the Publication/Gallery "Bat Israel".
During her studies at the School of Visual Theater, she participated in various productions and created three food installations, out of which she eventually designed her final project - the installation Shulchan Orech.
Since graduating in 2001 she has held a leading job at the Israel Opera properties workshop, designed Joseph Sprintzak's The World Is Round for the 2002 Acco Festival, and in 2003 directed Tal Mar's final project.
At present, participates in the extension studies project at the School of Visual Theater, as well as at the Stage Design Department at the Shenkar School of Design. Member of the School of Visual Theater's vocal ensemble.
Performs in "We Were Called Up"** by Renana Raz, and has opened her own one-woman exhibition no Julyi 17, 2004, At the Artists' House ("Nidbach"** Project), Jerusalem.

Specializations:story-telling
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Main works: Incased Memories - memories and stories emerge from Grandma's chest of drawers, the memories of a girl-child in Germany of the mid-30's. Performed as a final project in 2001, as well as in Holocaust Survivors' forums.
Further information: now owns and operates "The Little Theater", a puppet theater for chidlren.

Graduated the School of Visual Theater:2001
Specializations:writes for- and performs in puppet theater, designs and specializes in theater activities in-the-open. Cantor and merry-maker.
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Main works: The Dead Sea Fish project in collaboration with Amit Drori, graduate of the School of Visual Theater.
Awards:actor and puppeteer in Ori, 2002 Acco Festival 1st Prize winner.
Further Information: Graduate of "Renanot", Central School for Sephardi Cantors, Jerusalem.

Graduated the School of Visual Theater:1997
Specializations:facilitates graffiti workshops for environmental awareness, makeup workshops for heightened awareness, Reiki therapist.
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Main works: Graffiti works; Giv'at Hamore - Ort School, projects in Ramle, Nir Ha'emek, Jaffa Arab-Jewish School.
Further Information: The workshops are facilitated under the auspices of "Shefa - Workshops and Art" Company.

Graduated the School of Visual Theater:1998
Specializations:Puppet theater artist and story teller, directing, movement, singing and acting.
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Main works: Days of Shduna and Mashkof and Cabaret Givtzotzet were performed in Israel and in various festivals in Europe.
Now working on a puppet theater piece for grownups jointly with designer Rickie Shohat - A Point of View.
Directed Avishag Adler's final project Tales, and Eran Cohen's final project The Old Man and the Fish at the School of Visual Theater.
Awards: First Prize for interpretation at the PIF 31 Festival, Zagreb 1998.
Special mention by the judges at Lutke festival 1998, Lublijana.
First Prize awarded at the Bielsko Biala Festival, 2000, Poland
Further Information: Graduated the David Yellin Teachers' College (B.ed. in education, specialized in experimental open education)

Graduated the School of Visual Theater:1994
Specializations:theater makeup artist, director, facilitates workshops in theater-makeup-storytelling
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Main works: Once Upon A Time There Was a World- the Train Theater, International Puppet Theater Festival
The Woman Across** -performance at Bezal'el, and Zichron Yaavoc
Waiting for Godot - directing and stage design, final project
Too Much Mustard - directing, design and acting, Habamh Theater, Jerusalem
Awards: Graduated the School of Visual Theater majoring in directing, outstanding special mention
Further Information: has been exploring and developing her own personal language in theater, described as "Makeup Storytelling Theater" that combines the two realms - theater makeup and the persona on stage.

Graduated the School of Visual Theater:1999
Specializations:acting, performance (special voice studies and ballet, modern dance and improvisation training)
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Main works: Barbara's Party - final project at the School of Visual Theater 1999
Barb-online - at the Hazira Interdisciplinary Theater 2001
La Vie en Rose- Odem Festival 2002. Has been performed regularly since
at Tmuna Theater, ZOA House, Tel Aviv, Gerard Bachar Center and Beit Shmuel, Jerusalem and other venues in Israel.
User Guide- Young Girl - video work, 2001

Graduated the School of Visual Theater:2001
Specializations:lighting designer, puppeteer
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Main works: Idea, directing and design for Yakiri (My dear)** final project at the School of Visual Theater, 2001
Co-creator and puppeteer in Amit Drori's Saga performed at Charleville-Meuzieres Festival, France, PIF Festival Zagreb Croatia, 2000
Lutke Festival in Lublijana, Slovenia 2000; Acco Festival 2001 (Tmuna Theater Award Winner)
Directed Tal Mar's final project at Shenkar Stage Design Department
Lighting design: The Tamy Ben-Tor Show by Tamy Ben Tor at Hazira, Jerusalem 2001, and Tmuna Theater 2002
The Dead Sea Fish by Ben Cohen, Acco Festival 2001
In and Out** by Renana Raz and Idit Beuderfeld: at Beit Tami, 2002
Dadabra by Inbal Ben Zaken at Tmuna Theater, 2002
Lola Nertzach** by Rinat Steinberg at the Hazira, Jerusalem 2003
Plasmatica by the Plasmatica Group, Barcelona 2003 and at the Byalistok Theater Festival, Poland 2003; Acco Festival 2003 (special mention for design - space, puppets and lighting); The Ma'abada Theater Jerusalem ‏2004-08-07Attic by Michal Charsonsky and Laila Betterman at the Microfestival, Dordgrecht, Holland 2003
Klum directed by Tzvika Fishson at 2003 Acco Festival
Now working as lighting computer programmer at the Israel Opera.

Graduated the School of Visual Theater:1993
Specializations:writing and directing
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Main works:Heidi Bat Zona (Heidi Daughter of a Bitch)**
The jet-lag performance was presented at the fringe theater international festival in New York.
In 1998, founded an international organization of women artists in New York.
Taught an acting workshop at NYU.
Further Information:now working on an international project - Sins - a solo piece to be performed in New York. Gviyotai Verabotai** - script for a feature film and theater group.

Graduated the School of Visual Theater:2001
Specializations:Visual arts, video
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Main works:paintings, installations and sculptue;
video art, video installation and video live; filming and editing video for performances, video clips.
Exhibitions: Individual Mass - video installation at Artists' House (curator: Gadi Baruch)
Video art works at the Jerusalem Film Festival
Video screenings at the Hazira - Interdisciplinary Theater
Works shown at interdisciplinary events (Hearat Shulayim, Search Engine etc.)

Graduated the School of Visual Theater:2003
Specializations:music, constructing musical instruments, performance
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Main works: Omphalopagos** - final project: sound-performance work 2003. Presented at "Omanut Ha'aretz"** Festival, Reading Power Station,
Tel Aviv, 2003; "Irpul"** 4th Performance Art Bienale 2003; "Ultrasound" Festival, Tmuna Theater, Tel Aviv
Old New Land - participator-creator, Israel Festival 2002
Awards: Jerusalem Mayor Award for outstanding artistic achievement, 2003 Outstanding student scholarship, 2002
Further Information: works with voice-artist Victoria Hanna.

Shirly Pitlik**
Graduate of the School of Visual Theater
Theater and dance teacher at the Beit Hakerem Jerusalem Community Center
Puppeteer, story-teller and has facilitated puppet-making workshops for 6 years.
Works as uncertified kindergarten teacher at the Ramat Raziel open kindergarten.
Asaf Levinbok**
Graduate of the School of Visual Theater
Theater teacher at the Beit Hakerem Jerusalem Community Center
Puppeteer, story-teller combining musical instruments, gives puppet-making workshops.
Ori Goldstein
Graduate of the School of Visual Theater
Graduate of Tel Hai painting and sculpture school
Teaches theater at the Beit Hakerem Jerusalem Community Center
Puppeteer, story-teller and has facilitated puppet-making workshops for 6 years.
Works as uncertified kindergarten teacher in Ein Kerem, Ramat Raziel and Kibbutz Netiv Halamed Heh.
During the past year, Poopik Theater has performed at 70 Akim institutions throughout Israel and taught puppet theater at the special school in Shlomi.

Lee Cheol-Sung
Date of birth : 15 January, 1970. Place of birth : Boeun, Korea.
Education: The school of visual Theater (Jerusalem), 2003
The Korean Acadey of Performing Arts (Seoul, Korea)
- Major : Directing 1996
Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea)
- completed courses of Master in French Literature, 1996
- BA in French Language Literature, 1992

Kim Jin-Young
Date of birth: 23, March, 1972. Place of Birth : Seoul, Korea.
Education: The school of Visual Theater (Jerusalem), 2003
Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea)
Completed courses of Doctor in French Literature 'Antonin Artaud' 2000
Catholic University (Puchon, Korea)
-MA in French Literature, 'Ionesco', 1997
-BA in French Language and Literature, 1995

Performance Experience(Common)
'At the beginnig, Thers was One' (voice, mask, cloth performance) Beit Shmuel, Jerusalem, 2003
'Dead Line-Dream' (painting performance), Vinet Gallery, Tel-aviv, 2003
'The Korean Traditional Dance and Song' & 'At the beginnig, There was One', Haoman 18 Jerusalem, 2003
'The Korean Traditional Dance and Song', Haoman 17, Jerusalem, 2003
'The Korean Traditional Dance and Song' & 'At the beginnig, There was One', Room Theater 'Koom Koom',Jerusalem, 2003
'Mom's Funeral' (video performance), The School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem, 2003
'The Story of My Belly Button'(voice, clloth object performance), The School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem, 2003
'In the Paint, Dance!' (painting performance), The School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem, 2003
'At the Beginning, there was One' ,ODEM theater festival, Jerusalem & Telaviv, 2002
'Faust Project' (puppet show), SYNERGURA International puppet theater festival, Erfurt, Germany, 2002
'At the Beginning, there was One' THESPIS International student theater festival, Jerusalem, 2002
'Man & Woman' (puppet show), The 10th Jerusalem International Puppet theater Festival, Jerusalem, 2001
'The Dream' (mask, cloth object performance), The School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem, 2001
'From the Shadow' (sculpture-shadow performance), The School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem, 2001
'The Korean mask dance', The School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem, 2001
Literature Experience
Lee Cheol-Sung : Poetry collection 'The faces around the table', 1998
Poetry collection 'It came without any sound', 2000

The Plan of This Year
'Mom's Funeral' & 'From the Shadow', Mil-Yang Theatre Festival, Mil-Yang, Korea, 2004, summer
'Mom's Funeral' & 'From the Shadow', The Korean National Theater, Seoul, Korea 2004, Sep-Oct.
'Mom's Funeral' & 'From the Shadow', The Theater 'A-Rung-Gu-Ji',Seoul, Korea, 2004, Nov.
'The Story of My Belly Button' & 'The Dream', The Theatre A-Rung-Gu-Ji', Seoul, Korea, 2004, Nov.
The Publishment of the book on 'The Experimental Theatres In the World', by the group of the theater directors and critics in Korea-
the Chapter of Israel, by Lee Cheol-Sung, 2004, Winter
Teaching in Young-in University (Theater department), Lee Cheol-Sung.