Dora Juárez Kiczkovsky

Biography Dora was born in Israel and grew up in Puebla, Mexico. Her parents emigrated from Argentina to Mexico during the 1976 military dictatorship. Her maternal grandparents were born in Poland, and survived the Holocaust; their parents were killed in concentration camps.

Career She studied cinematography at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica film school, She has been the recipient of three scholarships of the FONCA, the Mexican National Endowment for the Arts.

Music Juárez makes compositions and performs them in different projects using experimentation and vocal improvisation. She is a soprano.

She was part of the vocal trio Muna Zul, together with Leika Mochán and Sandra Cuevas from 2002 to 2013, recording two albums: Muna Zul and Enviaje. Juárez is one of the few Mexican singers that have recorded with the American jazzist John Zorn's label Tzadik Records. With her 2014 album Cantos para una diáspora, Juárez paid homage to her roots through her own and contemporary versions of traditional Sephardic songs,

Filmmaking Her opera prima, the feature film Perpetuum Mobile, en busca de una voz, was shot in France, India, Argentina, and Mexico; it spoke about belonging and the metaphysical scope of the voice.

Works Discography Solo 2006: En la panza de una ballena (Jazzorca Records) 2013: Cantos para una diáspora (Tzadik Records, as part of the Radical Jewish Music series)

With Muna Zul 2002: Muna Zul (Tzadik Records, 2002) 2004: Enviaje (Intolerancia, 2004)

Other collaborations “La fiesta de los Bárbaros” with Juan Pablo Villa “Providencia” with La Barranca “Aquellos” with Jaime Ades

Filmography Érase una voz en México (32 short documentaries, FONCA, 2012). Perpetuum Mobile, en busca de una voz (76 min, documentary, 2008) El Sonido y el Silencio (45 min, documentary, 2006). Los últimos días (14 min, fiction, 2002). Toc Toc (5 min, fiction, 2001).

Personal life She has a son, Teo, born in 2015 after a high-risk pregnancy that had her cancel all her artistic engagements.