The Ecstatic Voice. What is the Female Voice?
A Meet the Artist programme with artists of the film Mirror Sky screened as part of IIC online programme activities

Participants: Ruth Wieder Magan, well-known contemporary voice/body theatre artist from Israel; Prof. Michal Govrin, Prominent Israeli writer, poet and theatre director; Gabriella Lev, theatre director, writer, performer, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Theatre Company Jerusalem; Michael Shachrur, prominent body worker, dancer; Sara Siegel, filmmaker, and Yuval Steinberg, filmmaker and game designer.

Introduction: Reuma Mantzur, Cultural Attaché, Embassy of Israel
Moderator: Mohit Satyanand, Chairman and Co-founder, Teamwork Arts 

Ruth Wieder Magan is best known for her pioneering work integrating sacred texts into contemporary voice/body theatre. Her unique approach to the somatic and transcendental aspects of voice, text and spatial perception is deeply rooted in Jewish oral tradition and informed by contemporary body approaches.

Independently and together with ‘Theatre Company Jerusalem’, Ruth has created over 20 original works of theatre and music. She has performed in national and international award winning venues.

Ruth has been invited to represent Israel before H.H. the Dalai Lama on a number of occasions. She has a long standing relationship with the India International Centre – performing there with various ensembles on 5 different occasions. Ruth is a senior and respected mentor at The School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem

She has released two albums ‘Songs to the Invisible God’ and ‘Kadayil Shabbaso’ both receiving critical acclaim.

Films Supported by “The Foundation for Independent Artists”, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Israel