BODY AND SOUL: Samar Haddad King: on time

Samar Haddad King

Woman wearing sea foam green tank top with long brown eyes and dark brown hair draped over right shoulder staring into camera. She is sitting with left hand is in a fist resting on her sternum.

US-raised Palestinian artist Samar Haddad King (Artistic/Founding Director of Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre) ruminates on what pregnancy, birth, and raising her daughter have taught her about time.

To listen to today's Body and Soul podcast with Samar Haddad King, click here!

And read The New York Times' review of the Spring 2022 Gibney presentation of YSDT's Last Ward ⁠here⁠.

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BIO: Samar Haddad King is a writer, choreographer, and composer and Artistic/Founding Director of Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre; King graduated from the Ailey/Fordham BFA program (NYC). King’s work has been performed in 17 countries on 4 continents, with commissions throughout the US and abroad including The Shed (NYC); Hubbard Street 2 (Chicago); Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival (Ramallah); The Walk with Little Amal: Good Chance Theatre (Marseille) and St. Ann’s Warehouse/The Walk Productions (NYC); /si:n/ Festival (Ramallah), among others. Awards/Fellowships include: Creative Capital Wild Futures Awardee, Prix des Jeunes Créateurs Palestiniens pour la Diversité des Expressions Artistiques (Palest’In&Out Festival, Paris); La Fabrique Chaillot Residency (Chaillot - théâtre national de la Danse, Paris); The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU and Toulmin Creator (CBA/ National Sawdust, NYC). Theater/musical theater credits include Dead Are My People (Noor Theatre, NYC), Hoota (Sard Theatre, Haifa) and We Live in Cairo (American Repertory Theater, Boston). www.ysdt.org