Samaa Wakim, biographie

Samaa Wakim is a Palestinian performer, choreographer and cultural manager who grew up under occupation and trained in acting at the University of Haifa.

A member of Khashabi Theatre in Haifa and a long-time collaborator of Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre, she has performed in I Am Yusuf and This Is My Brother, The Beloved, Badke, Last Ward and The Cabaret, and was production manager of the Haifa Independent Film Festival in 2019 and 2023. Losing It, her solo co-created with Samar Haddad King, who performs its live score, was developed within the Goethe-Institut project Un|Controlled Gestures?, premiered at Theaterformen Hannover in 2021 and has toured to Kaaitheater, Alserkal Avenue and Teatro a Mil.