Sara Felder

Sara is a juggler, a performing art through which she has found her theatrical voice, using circus techniques and edgy wit to create radical performance. She discovered that while she was juggling people would listen to her and for 27 years she has been juggling and using humor, which she believes is a revolutionary force, in order to deepen our understanding of shared humanity, often satirizing wrongful policies and bringing laughter to diverse audiences. She tries to tell the less-heard stories in our culture. The issues she had dealt with have been varied, but much of her work has been rooted in her own identities, giving full voice to the often subordinate narratives of queer, Jewish women. Her present focus is on the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, gender and transgender (in)visibility, and 'outing' of issues around mental health. In 1987, Sara co-founded the Women's Circus and has taught juggling for over twenty years.