ATHENS 2025

Athens Demidov Masterclass with Andrei Malaev-Babel

November 12–14, 2025 | Phi Playhouse, Ikoniou 65, Nea Smyrni

Experience a rare opportunity to train directly with Professor Andrei Malaev-Babel, the world’s foremost authority on the Demidov School of Acting. As the certifying master teacher of the Demidov Association, Professor Malaev-Babel has introduced this revolutionary technique to actors and educators across the globe.

 

Over three immersive days, participants will immerse themselves in Demidov’s Organic Technique, focusing on:

  • Spontaneity and Authenticity: Cultivating performances that emerge naturally from the subconscious
  • Creative Freedom: Embracing unpredictability and emotional depth through Demidov’s signature etudes
  • Subconscious Creativity: Developing the ability to respond instinctively, bypassing over-analysis

This masterclass is ideal for actors, directors, and acting teachers seeking to deepen their art and explore a method that prioritizes perception over action, synthesis over analysis, and direct access to the subconscious, while engaging with the actor’s process as an organic whole.

 

Curriculum Overview

 

In this 3-day format, the masterclass delivers the full scope of the Demidov training experience through a compressed, yet integrative structure. Participants are guided through a progression of exercises designed to release control, activate deep inner responsiveness, and allow creativity to unfold organically.

 

Daily Focus Areas

 

Day 1: Etudes and Perception

  • Working with unplanned etudes to explore spontaneity and connection
  • Cultivating perception as the actor’s primary creative sense
  • Awakening inner stillness and responsiveness

 

Day 2: Emotional Flow and Reaction

  • Letting go of habitual control mechanisms
  • Tracking organic emotional shifts in real time
  • Reacting truthfully to the partner, environment, and circumstances

 

Day 3: Emergence of Character

  • Experiencing perception and freedom as continuous flow
  • Allowing character to arise subconsciously
  • Observing the actor’s transformation from executor to creative instrument

 

Details:

 

Spaces are limited to ensure personalized attention. Reserve your place and discover the power of acting with instinct, depth, and truth.

 

Please fill out the form below to begin your registration.

We look forward to welcoming you to the work.
Let the living stage begin.

“This training is not about constructing behavior. It is about freeing the artist within—quieting the noise of control and allowing the subconscious to speak. It is a return to the art of truly living on stage and on camera.”
 

 

 

— Professor Andrei Malaev-Babel