Adjunct Professor of Theater
M.F.A. Vakhtangov Theater Institute, Moscow, Russia
Andrei Malaev-Babel trained and worked under Alexandra Remizova, the actress-director and co-founder of the Vakhtangov Theater, Stanislavsky's student and Vakhtangov's protege. In 1985 Mr. Malaev-Babel co-founded the Moscow Chamber Forms Theater, one of the first private professional theater companies in Russia. He taught on the faculty of The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and he currently serves on the board and as a member of the international faculty for MICHA, Michael Chekhov Association in New York City.
Mr. Malaev-Babel's reputation as one of the leading experts on the Stanislavsky/Vakhtangov/Chekhov theater techniques brought him special engagements and commissions from such prestigious national institutions as The Kennan Institute of The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Smithsonian Institution and The World Bank. Mr. Malaev-Babel is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
Selected Publications
Guide to the Psychological Gesture Technique. In the 2003
Routledge edition of Michael Chekhov's To the Actor.