Alla Grigorievna Kigel (Алла Кигель; born 1932) is a Russian theatre director. She was one of a few female directors in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

during the 1960s. Her work followed

Stanislavski's system Stanislavski's system is a systematic approach to training actors that the Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski developed in the first half of the twentieth century. His system cultivates what he calls the "art of experiencing" ...

. Her father, Gregory Lvovich Kigel (Григорий Львович Кигель), was a theater designer.

Education

In 1945, Kigel made her directorial debut at her school with Balzac's '' Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes'' and an adaptation of Pushkin's '' The Gypsies''. In 1950, she was refused admission into the

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. Kigel instead pursued a career as a criminal lawyer, and gained a master's degree in law, from Moscow State University in 1954. In 1956 she enrolled in Shchukin Theatre School. In 1993, Kigel took a course in Public Relations at

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Work

* 1991-1992 - State Television of the USSR * 1992–Present - WMNB Radio/TV Station in Fort Lee, NJ; created and directed radio/TV programs, and hosted an open line show. * 1999-2000 - Chekhov Now Off-Broadway Arts Festival; conducted a workshop for young drama directors. Prepared a stage adaptation of Chekhov’s short story "Enemies" * 2001-2003 - RTN Gold Radio Station in Fort Lee, NJ; Hosted an open line show, ''Dialogue'' * 2012 - Six Master classes in Moscow theater schools: GITIS, VGIK, Moscow Art Theatre School.

References

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