// The creators of the ensemble
Yair Vardi
Multidisciplinary creator, lighting designer
Designed lighting for the production of Passport by the Passport Ensemble theater group.
Yair holds a BA in Performance Theatre and Choreography from Dartington College of Art, UK and an MA in Choreography and Performance from UDK, Berlin. He has designed lighting for many festivals and artists from all walks of life in galleries, theaters, public spaces and stages around the world. Today, Yair lectures in the Advanced Studies Program at Musarra, in the Choreography Program at Bat Yam, and at the Tarbut School in Afula, as a guest lecturer. As a dramaturge and artistic consultant, he has accompanied many artists and projects, including: Ruth Kanner, Yoram Carmi, Noa Dar, Natalie Zuckerman, Marina Beltov, Talia Hoffman, Naama Tzabar, Ronit Ziv and more. In 2005, he initiated the A-Genre Interdisciplinary Performance Festival at the Tmuna Theater and served as its curator between 2005 and 2017. He also worked as a curator and initiative developer at the Tmuna Theater between 2012 and 2017. He has been a member of the Asian Dramatists Association since 2016. His works have been presented at the Tmuna Theater, the House Theater, the Acre Festival, the Hanged in Place Festival, the Opera Studios in Berlin, the Nilo Center in Iceland, and various festivals in Berlin and England.

