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Noam Meiri (:he:נעם מאירי) is an Israeli theater artist, actor, director and a world-renowned acting teacher. Meiri is a co-founder of the Tel Aviv ''Haguf Theater'' 〔(Haguf Theater website )〕 (Theater of the Body) School and Stage for Physical theatre, inspired by the method of ''Jacques Lecoq''. Since 1999 he has resided as a professor of Physical Theater in ''Folkwang University of the Arts'' at Essen, Germany. ==Biography== Noam Meiri, born 1958, was raised in Ramat Gan. As a boy he studied at the ''Beit Zvi'' School for the Performing Arts with teachers Suheil Haddad and Irit Wager, and at ''Bat-Dor Dance Company's School''. Having decided to combine theater and teaching, Meiri graduated with a B.A from Tel Aviv University's Education School and Theater Department (1980-1984). Following his graduation from Tel Aviv University Meiri studied at ''L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq'' (1984-1986) and completed his education in the ''Alexander technique'' and the ''Laban Movement Analysis'' method. He is an independent theater artist, continuously seeking an original language, while teaching physical theater and focusing on creating \ original work. In 1987 Meiri co-founded the theater troupe ''Faubourg Teatron'', along with Rivi Feldmesser-Yaron and Walter Anichoffer (Austria). The troupe performed its play, Nashim BaPark 〔(About Nashim Bapark ) Noam Meiri website〕 (Women in the Park) at the ''Tzavta'' Theater in Tel Aviv, as well as in the Israeli ''Fringe Theater Festival in Acco'' and at the Comic Theater Festival in Salzburg, Austria. In 1988 he co-created the cabaret HaMofa shel Rapunzel 〔(About Hamofa Shel Repunzel ) Noam Meiri website〕 (Rapunzel's Show), with Rivi Feldmesser-Yaron, Gal Friedman and Gail Hareven. The play was performed at the ''Tzavta'' Theater and in numerous theaters and festivals. In 1990 Meiri created the HaAchim Grim Mesparim (Grimm Brothers Tell Tales) show, which was performed regularly at the ''Beit Lessin Theater'', with the musicians Tzvia Sharet and Gal Friedman. Simultaneously he gained fame as a storyteller on TV, on the Children's Channel. Over the years, Meiri has developed his unique method of Physical Theater Storytelling.〔(About Physical Theater Storytelling ) Noam Meiri website〕 He used this method while directing Shay Schwartz's play, Tzeh HaHutza, Yeled Ra (Out, Bad Boy!) in 1992 for the Teatroneto Festival for One-Person Plays at Tel Aviv's ''Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater''. He performed at the same festival in 1993 with the one-man play Momik,〔(About Momik ) Noam Meiri website〕 adapting ''David Grossman's'' novel,〔(See Under: Love ) The book, Amazon〕 directed by Daniella Michaeli. In 1994 Noam Meiri and Yair Qedar started the theater troupe Yesh Lo Milim Mishelo (Words of His Own). Meiri also directed and played in the show by the same name composed of texts written by Gay Israeli writers, along with the actors Itzik Cohen, Tzahi Grad 〔(About Tzahi Grad ) IMDB〕 and Hagai Ayad. The show was a breakthrough for Israeli Gay theater and following the success it gained in Israel, it was translated into English and performed at the ''Edinburgh Festival'' in Scotland, and other festivals in Manchester, London (1995), and later in New York and San Francisco. The preparations for the trip to the Edinburgh Festival and the trip itself, were the subject of Erez Laufer's 〔(Erez Laufer's website )〕 documentary Edinburgh Lo Mehaka (Don't Cry for Me, Edinburgh)'' 〔(Edinburgh Lo Mehaka ) Erez Laufer's website〕''. During his Words of His Own tour Meiri facilitated numerous Physical Theater Storytelling master classes in London and New York acting schools, and became a world renown Physical Theater and Storytelling teacher. In 1996-2001 Meiri taught at the Performing Arts Studio founded by Yoram Leowenstein,〔(The Performing Arts Studio founded by Yoram Leowenstein )〕 directing original productions with studio graduates, such as Good Stuff, with the playwright Sigal Avin and the actors Yuval Segal, Dorit Bar Or, Hila Goshen,〔(About Hila Goshen ) IMDB〕 Natti Ornan 〔(About Natti Ornan ) IMDB〕 and others; Lovers' Stories, with Sigal Avin, Gavriel Hadar,〔(Gabriel Hadar website )〕 Tamar Michael, Oded Manster and others; Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost with Yael Sharoni,〔(Yael Sharoni ) IMDB〕 Yuval Berger,〔(About Yuval Berger ) IMDB〕 Yoav Yeffet and others. Following the performance of Love's Labor's Lost at the Recklinhausen Festival in Germany, in 1999, Meiri was invited to teach at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, where he resides today as a Physical Theater Professor. In 2002 Meiri, with Nelly Amar and Gil Bechar, co-founded Tel Aviv's ''Haguf Theater'' 〔( Haguf Theater website ) Haguf Theater website〕 (Theater of The Body) School and Stage for Physical Theater, inspired by the method of ''Jacques Lecoq''. The school, which was open for eight years, gained both the Ministry of Culture's and the Tel Aviv Municipality's support and recognition as a unique theater center, training stage artists in Physical Theater techniques. In 2011 Meiri directed The Happy Prince (in German), adapting ''Oscar Wilde's'' story. The play represented the ''Folkwang University's Theater Department'' at the Kampnagel Theater's Festival for German-speaking acting schools in Hamburg, Germany. In 2013 he created the original opera show Longing for Amor and Psyche (in German) at the ''Pina Bausch Theater 〔(Pina Bausch Theater ) website〕'' in Essen, Germany. In 2012 Meiri wrote Avshalom 〔(About Avshalom ) Noam Meiri website〕 (in Hebrew), performing it with the musician Vered Dekel.〔(About Vered Dekel )〕 The play, directed by Noam Ben Azar 〔(About Noam Ben Azar ) IMDB〕 was staged at the ''Tmuna Theater'',〔(About Tmuna theater )〕 and was nominated for the ''Golden Hedgehog Award'' in 2013. Meiri has played in several movies including: Endless Happiness (1997) directed by Igal Bursztyn, and Tel Aviv Stories 〔(About the film Tel-Aviv Stories ) Israeli Film Database〕 (1992) directed by Ayelet Menahemi and Nirit Yaron.〔(About Nirit Yaron ) IMDB〕 He also played the lead role in the movie An Evening without Na'ama (1992), directed by Moshe Zimmerman, with the actors Limor Goldstein,〔(About Limor Goldstein ) IMDB〕 Doron Tsabari,〔(About Doron Tsabari ) IMDB〕 Michael Sharfstein 〔(About Michael Sharfstein ) IMDB〕 and others. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Noam Meiri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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