Margalit Oved
Margalit Oved (born 1934) is an American-Israeli dancer and choreographer, who was born in the Aden Protectorate. After being airlifted to Israel in 1949 in Operation Magic Carpet, she became involved with the Inbal Dance Theater for the following 15 years. She then moved the United States, where she taught at University of California, Los Angeles. Oved later returned to the Inbal Dance Theatre, and also worked with her son's Barak Marshall Theaterdance. She also founded her own group, the Margalit Dance Theatre Company in Los Angeles. Early life Margalit Oved was born around 1934 in the Aden Protectorate, as the seventh of nine children. Her father was a pearl merchant, and her mother was a midwife. Although she is Jewish, Oved's mother chose to send her to the local Christian school as it provided the best education in the local area. While there she learnt to speak English, which added to her native Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic. She was evacuated to Israel in 1949 via airlift as part of Operation Magic Carpet. Career After arriving in Israel, she founded Beit Tarbut Lenoar, which was a cultural heritage organisation directed at children. The following year, she began working with the