Yasmeen Godder (IL)

Yasmeen Godder  was born in Jerusalem and moved to the USA in 1984 with her family, where she studied at New York University and then worked as an independent choreographer in New York. In 1999, she presented her work Aleena's Wall in Tel - Aviv, and based on its success, she was invited to the “Curtain Up Festival”, Israel's leading event for independent creators. Subsequently, she founded her own troupe. She is the author of twenty full-length plays that have been presented in Israel and around the world and won many prestigious awards. In addition, she founded the community initiatives: “Moving Communities”, working among others with Parkinson's and "Na'ot Ma'Ba'ad"- a weekly meeting for Arabic and Jewish women through dance in Jaffa. Since 2019, he has been engaged in the Practicing Empathy research project, which explores empathy, resulting in three works: Practicing Empathy #1, #2by2 and solo #3.