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Office hours: Sunday: 11:30-14:30, Monday-Thursday: 10:00-13:00

Room: 4607

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Dr. Olga Levitan

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Chair of the Department of Theater Studies

Dr. Diego Rotman

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Ms Nira Moser

Nira Moser
Ms
Nira
Moser
Room 2202 Office hours: by appointment

Nira Moser is a theatre researcher and practitioner. M.A. (with honors) from the Department of Theatre Arts at Tel Aviv University. She is a cum laude graduate of the Community Theatre track in the Department of Theatre Arts, and holds a B.A. in Economics and Accounting from Tel Aviv University. Currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Theatre Arts at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Prof. Shimon Levy.

 

Her fields of research include: Theatre for Social Change, Disability Arts and Disability Performance in a variety of artistic arenas, from an interdisciplinary perspective that integrates Disability Studies with Theatre and Performance Studies. In 2017, Nira’s research was among nine studies of female Ph.D. candidates from all of Tel Aviv University, honored as innovative forerunners. Moser has presented topics related to her fields of research and artistic work at academic conferences in Israel and abroad.

 

Nira teaches numerous topics related to theatre and community performance, Disability Arts, critical, theoretical and practical aspects of theatre work with non-actors, among others, in the Department of Theatre Studies and the School of Social Work at the Hebrew University. In the Department of Theatre Arts at Tel Aviv University she has mentored students in the Artivism and Community Theatre track.

 

In the Department of Theatre Studies at the Hebrew University, Nira led and facilitated collaborative campus-community theatre projects. In this context, she artistically mentored and directed the performance GovaHa’enaim [lit. Eye-Level], site specific performances in the Jerusalem public sphere and the musical Beauty and the Beast, in collaboration with the Center for Independent Living in the Katamon ‘Tet’ (Katamon 9) neighborhood in Jerusalem. During the Covid-19 period, Nira initiated and facilitated an integrated experimental-theatre project for students and prisoners. The course was supported by the Dean of Students at the Hebrew University.

Outside the university, Nira directed, curated and created with a variety of community theatre groups. Among others, she worked with the 'Zoolat' [lit. Other] theatre of persons with disabilities in Bat Yam with whose members she created performances staged at the International Street Theatre Festival in Bat Yam, Notzar Theatre and at festivals and other settings in Israel. Among her works in collaboration with 'Zoolat' actors and other artists: the performances Be’eravon Mugbal [lit. Limited], Cuba Paradise, Flora's Salon and the photography exhibition Tav Teken [lit. Standard Mark].

Photography credit: Maxim Krivaksin