Actress · Choreographer · Educator
رويدا الغالي
A theater of listening, not loudness;
of memory, not mimicry.
Trained at the École Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Butoh, corporeal mime and Arab oral tradition, on stage and in the classroom since 1986.
About & CVPerformances
New · 2026
Master en Théâtre, Université Saint-Joseph — 18/20, très honorable avec félicitations du jury, the highest mention.
One practice, three stages
The body tells what the text cannot.
I
The stage
More than sixty stage credits as actress, choreographer and director — from Beirut, Damascus and Carthage to Tokyo and Tortosa, in works by Wajdi Mouawad and Ionesco.
Performances →
II
The classroom
Teaching expression corporelle, physical theater and acting at the Lebanese University since 1995. Generations of students call her simply “Rwita.”
Teaching →
III
The community
Theater as healing and voice: women activists (USJ, Oxford Brookes, British Academy), UN ESCWA programs for children, Seenaryo with UN Women, inclusive arts with UNESCO/JICA.
Humanitarian work →Four dates
First stage credits in Beirut — dance and folk theater.
Graduates from the École Jacques Lecoq, Paris.
Begins teaching at the Lebanese University.
Master en Théâtre, Université Saint-Joseph — highest mention.
From the stage
Every frame a scene.
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Wherever an actor reaches for something beyond the text — her fingerprint is there.
Said of her by collaborators
