SAN FRANCISCO

2-Day Intensive Workshop

Learn our globally-acclaimed method in the heart of San Francisco with our exclusive 2-day workshop, run by PEM Master Instructor Sarah Victoria.

DATE

October 12th & 13th, 2024

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TIME

10AM-5PM each day

LOCATION

TBD, San Francisco

PRICE

Earlybird $340 USD*
Full price $400 USD*
*Prices are tax inclusive

THE WORKSHOP

Experience how PEM can revolutionize your acting craft and learn our hallmark method for physical access to authentic emotion.  

Led by PEM Master Instructor Sarah Victoria, over this two-day intensive workshop, you will be taught how to physically access all six key emotions within PEM: Aggression, Happiness, Grief, Lust, Fear and Revulsion. Learn to come in and out of intense emotional states quickly, safely and repeatably without needing to refer to traumatic memories or personal story. Our carefully developed, body-focused exercises will serve to open up your instrument and work through personal restrictions that may be limiting your full potential, enabling you to expand your emotional range and performance capability.  

Additionally, you will also learn to organically transition through the emotions, create more complex emotions by combining the 6 basic ones, and how to apply authentic emotion into text to open up a whole new world of creative possibilities. 

Beyond the stage and screen, our holistic approach helps to reframe your understanding of emotions to not only refine your artistic skills, but also to improve your overall wellbeing. 

    WHAT WE’LL COVER

        • Learn our hallmark method for physical access to authentic emotion 
        • Tools and exercises to open up the body and expand emotional range 
        • Move past personal limitations and restrictions that are inhibiting your full potential 
        • Access subtle emotional expressions for close-ups and film work 
        • Access big emotional expression for theatre and intense film scenes  
        • Combine the 6 basics emotions to create more complex emotions (e.g. jealousy, guilt, embarrassment) 
        • Learn to artfully transition through emotions organically to create depth, intrigue and nuance 
        • Apply emotion into authentic text work 
        • Manage audition nerves and stage-fright
        • Reframe your understanding of what emotions are, and how this can help your profession 
        • Develop your emotional intelligence and wellbeing 

    WHAT WE’LL COVER

        • Learn our hallmark method for physical access to authentic emotion 
        • Tools and exercises to open up the body and expand emotional range 
        • Move past personal limitations and restrictions that are inhibiting your full potential 
        • Access subtle emotional expressions for close-ups and film work 
        • Access big emotional expression for theatre and intense film scenes  
        • Combine the 6 basics emotions to create more complex emotions (e.g. jealousy, guilt, embarrassment) 
        • Learn to artfully transition through emotions organically to create depth, intrigue and nuance 
        • Apply emotion into authentic text work 
        • Manage audition nerves and stage-fright
        • Reframe your understanding of what emotions are, and how this can help your profession 
        • Develop your emotional intelligence and wellbeing 

    ABOUT PEM

    PEMis a groundbreaking acting method that provides actors with a direct, effortless and safe access to authentic emotions on a purely physical basis, without using personal experiences or emotional memory. Addressing unconscious trigger centers in the nervous system, PEM(Perdekamp Emotional Method) was created by German director and playwright Stephan Perdekamp to provide actors with a reliable craft and to take care of their well-being. PEMis taught at prestigious acting studios and universities internationally and is becoming reputed as an essential part of the actor’s toolbox.

    PEMis also a comprehensive acting method, where all disciplines of acting training (body work, breathing, voice, speech, character work, emotional work, scene work, improvisation, acrobatics, dance, singing, stunt) are taught based on the same technical principles.

    There are currently two PEMCentres across the globe, one in Hamburg, Germany and another in Australia with Kalliso. Classes are available online for actors in any location, and we hold international workshop tours each year.

    YOUR WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR

    Sarah Victoria, Master Instructor

    SARAH VICTORIA

    PEM Master Instructor

    Sarah Victoria is an actress, PEM Master Instructor and Director of Kalliso and PEM International. She has been a certified PEM Instructor since 2004 and trained directly with Stephan Perdekamp. She wrote her master’s thesis about PEM in 2004 and has been teaching for over 19 years. Sarah is on the board of directors of the PEM Center Hamburg as well as an actor in the PEM Ensemble Hamburg and the PEM International Ensemble.

    Sarah has led PEM workshops all over the globe, as well as teaching masterclasses at major drama universities including at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia, at Babes-Bolyai-University in Romania and many more internationally.

    TAKE YOUR CRAFT TO NEW DEPTHS

    After an inspiring workshop in April 2024, we’re excited to announce we’ll be back this Fall in 2024. 

    Ready to elevate your acting skills and experience the transformative power of PEM? Learn something new, receive hands-on guidance and add some exciting new tools to your Actor’s Toolkit. Join us in unlocking your full potential as an actor – register your interest now!

    DATE

    October 12th & 13th

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    TIME

    10AM-5PM each day

    LOCATION

    San Francisco TBD

    PRICE

    Earlybird $340 USD*
    Full price $400 USD*
    *Prices are tax inclusive

    Jess Bush, Australian actress, model, and visual artist

    Jess Bush

    Australian Actress, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    “With PEM, you’re authentically able to reach a full-bodied emotional place very quickly, so you’re able to become wholly invested in a scene without a lot of mental preparation.”

    CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP? WORK WITH US ONLINE.

    30MIN 1:1 TRYOUT SESSION (ONLINE)

    A group of people moving and expressing emotion in a studio

    2HR FREE TEASER CLASS (ONLINE)

    PEM BASICS TERM CLASSES (ONLINE)