Samy Molcho (born 1936, in Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine) is an Israeli mime and an expert in body language communication. He was professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts and at Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, Austria until 2004.
He studied dance and mime in Israel. From 1952 he was a dancer at the city theatre of Jerusalem. In 1956 he became a solo dancer (modern dance) in Tel Aviv. In 1960 his first mime performance took place. He performed in more than 50 countries on four continents. In 1987 he did his last tour as a mime. Since then he has been concentrating on body language communication. He has published several books and has held many workshops. He is a practitioner and exponent of the Barrault-Marceau classical style of mime.
He is now a citizen of Austria. He has been married since 1978 and has four sons.
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