Perdekamp Emotional Method (PEM)

Service Description

The Perdekamp Emotional Method PEM – developed and designed by German director and playwright Stephan Perdekamp – is an innovative acting method based on a biological process. PEM provides performers with direct, effortless and guidable access to authentic emotions on a purely physical basis, without recourse to personal experiences or emotional memory. PEM was created to take care of the actor and their well-being. It is also a 'comprehensive acting method’ where all disciplines of acting training (bodywork, breathing, voice, speech, character work, emotional work, scene work, improvisation, acrobatics, dance, singing, stunt) are based on the same technical principles. In this 6-hour introduction workshop, participants will learn the bio-electric process unique to PEM, including how to access the six basic emotions defined within the PEM methodology: aggression, happiness, grief, lust, fear and revulsion. Participants will be taught simple and effective exercises for each emotion that work to overcome personal restrictions and emotional blockages, granting more artistic freedom. These sessions are taught and facilitated by Budi Miller. BUDI MILLER is a Lead Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and Director of Advanced Training for the Fitzmaurice Institute. He is the Co-Artisti Director of the Theatre of Others. He is an UNESCO-designated master teacher of mask work. He was the Head of Acting, at Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. He has been an actor-director-writer-teacher in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Australia, Malaysia, India, and Indonesia since 1992. He is the first African American ceremonial mask dancer of Bali. He has coached and inspired the work of Emmy and Academy Award nominated performances and seasoned professionals of stage and screen. Published work: “Whose body is dis: taksu, ase, Black queer intersections, and the awakening of the actor’s spiritual practice,” Miller, A, (2023), Stages of Reckoning: Antiracist and Decolonial Actor Training, Amy Ginther (ed); The Lion and the Breath: Combining Kalaripayattu and Fitzmaurice Voicework Techniques Towards a New Cross-Cultural Methodology for Actor Training (Journal of Embodied Research). Class Details: — 9 & 10 September 2023 — 10am - 1pm — Early Bird: $350 (until Aug 30th), General: $450 — In-person, group classes — For adults — Lessons held in English — Class commences when there is a min. booking of 5 pax.

Contact Details

• 114 Lavender Street, Singapore 338739, Singapore

  +65 8404 3192

  contact@boldmomenttheatre.com