2-DAY WORKSHOP
Perdekamp Emotional Method (PEM)
WITH BUDI MILLER
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.
What can I learn from the workshop?
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.
Class Structure:
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In-person, group classes in Singapore
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For adults
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3h per lesson, 2 lessons in total
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9 Sep 2023 (Sat): 10am - 1pm
10 Sep 2023 (Sun): 10am - 1pm
Early Bird: $350 (until Aug 30th) / General: $450
​The workshop will be confirmed when there is a min. of 5 pax. Kindly book your slot and we will let you know when the workshop is due to commence. ​
2-DAY WORKSHOP
Michael Chekhov & Mask Work
WITH BUDI MILLER
Budi Miller introduces his foundational actor training of Michael Chekhov with mask work. Training with masks gives an actor an experience of what it viscerally feels like to embody a character.
What can I learn from the workshop?
Participants will empower their physical relationship to the actor’s imagination. This workshop encompasses fundamental approaches to actor’s movement, improvisation, physical awareness, ensemble training, and character embodiment. You will unlock the deep knowledge of the physical and emotional body and enrich your understanding of the psychological processes at work in the imaginative world giving you a visceral experience of character transformation.
Class Structure:
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In-person, group classes in Singapore
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For adults
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3h per lesson, 2 lessons in total
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9 Sep 2023 (Sat): 2pm - 5pm
10 Sep 2023 (Sun): 2pm - 5pm
Early Bird: $350 (until Aug 30th) / General: $450
​The workshop will be confirmed when there is a min. of 5 pax. Kindly book your slot and we will let you know when the workshop is due to commence. ​
Budi Miller
Guest Performance Coach
BUDI MILLER is a Lead Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and Director of Advanced Training for the Fitzmaurice Institute. He is Co-Artistic 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).
