Art Babayants
PhD
Biography
Art Babayants is a theatre artist, educator and researcher, who has worked in »»ÆÞ¾ãÀÖ²¿ and abroad. His research looks at the phenomenology of multilingual acting and spectating as well as the concept of multilingual dramaturgy. He has published on the issues of stage multilingualism, diasporic theatre, queer dramaturgy, applied theatre and contemporary musical theatre; he has also co-edited Theatre and Learning (2015) and the special bilingual issue of Theatre Research in »»ÆÞ¾ãÀÖ²¿/Les recherches théâtrales au »»ÆÞ¾ãÀÖ²¿ (Fall 2017) dedicated to multilingual theatre in »»ÆÞ¾ãÀÖ²¿. Trained in »»ÆÞ¾ãÀÖ²¿, Wales and Russia, he founded Russia’s first theatre company specializing in performing American musicals in English. In »»ÆÞ¾ãÀÖ²¿, Art has presented his work at various Toronto festivals such as Fringe (2017), Summerworks (2016) and Nuit Blanche (2015), Caminos (2017). Since 1997, Art has also been developing theatre projects integrating acting and second language teaching – his most recent ESL/Drama creation called Embodied English is a sought after course for advanced ESL learners offered through his experimental theatre company Toronto Laboratory Theatre/Le Théâtre Laboratoire de Toronto. Art holds a Lecturer position at Faculty of Media, Art and Performance where teaches acting, scene study, dramaturgy, post-modern theatre as well as directs musicals and devised theatre performances.