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Over the last 7 weeks, PEM Master Instructor, Sarah Victoria has been instructing 40 students from VCA’s BA Acting and Theatre Making programs. They all learnt a lot and have been very enthusiastic in doing so. Head of Acting, Budi Miller, has invited PEM and Sarah back for more. The students are excited and eager to continue PEM training in Semester 2. We’re delighted to continue teaching the next generation of actors!

PEM Master Instructor Sarah Victoria has been teaching PEM to the BA of Acting and Theatre students at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in Melbourne. Here’s what she had to say about her first session with them: “I coached 40 VCA Victoria College of the Arts acting students in 4 hours online. It totally works! Amazing how they were all able to feel the emotion apparatus kick in and switch off in only one hour per group. Well done everybody! Great next steps and beautiful artistic steps that you all achieved!”

The PEM team hopes everyone is keeping healthy and safe during this challenging time. Our PEM instructors have been coaching in the industry for 16 years and providing online training for 7 years worldwide. Actors based in Hollywood, New York, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, South Africa, Europe, Russia, China, India, and Japan have all reaped the benefits of our accessible online training. PEM is taught at drama universities around the world, including the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), and the Victorian College of the [...]

On Sunday our very own Master Instructor Sarah Victoria and Instructor-in-Training Ella Crotty attended the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)to conduct a PEM workshop with asylum seekers. We heard the deeply moving stories of these people who sought safety under horrifying circumstances. It was a profound day of connection; learning how to access emotions through our biology, and to release tensions and energies from the body. These are stories that must be heard, and we are very grateful to have helped these brave human beings to connect to their emotions and deliver their message.