Saar Magal

Saar Magal was born in1976 in Kfar Ma’as.

She began studying ballet at age eight with Miriam Kaufman in nearby Petach Tikva. She studied the piano and ballet at Thelma Yellin High School. In 1994, in 11th grade, she created her first choreography, The Child and the Dolphin, which won her a scholarship at the Laban Centre in London. Prior to leaving for the UK, she created two choreographies for the theater: The Pretender, directed by Robert Woodruff at Beersheba Theater, and Hamlet, directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski at Beit Zvi school for performing arts . Magal has collaborated with these directors to this day.
Since 1997, Magal has been active in Israel and worldwide as a freelance choreographer. Her major works include the dance movie Cell Fish (2005) and the choreographies Basically I Don’t, But Actually I Do (2010), Roaches (2010), and Up Your Ass Virginia! (2014).

Magal choreographed for several companies, including Bat-Dor, Peridance, Laban Centre and Batsheva Ensemble. For Batsheva Ensemble she created Pandora’s Garage (1995) and Yossi the Grounded Angel (1996). She also choreographed for the theater, often for Robert Woodruff and Krzysztof Warlikowski, with whom she worked in theaters in New York, Moscow, Milan, Stuttgart, and elsewhere. She also choreographed for the local Cameri Theater, Hazira – Performance Art Arena, Habima, Gesher and Beersheba Theater.
Magal teaches dance and choreography. She has taught in numerous prominent venues in Israel and worldwide, including Harvard, Peridance Scholarship Program in New York, Bat-Dor Studios of Dance, The Maslool at Bikurei Haitim in Tel Aviv, The Performing Arts Studio founded by Yoram Loewenstein in Tel Aviv, and The School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem.