THE ART OF EMOTIONAL MASTERY
A Physical Approach to Acting

ABOUT PEM STUDIOS MELBOURNE

PEM Studios’ mission is to empower artists worldwide by delivering unparalleled artistic training, enabling them to live out their true potential.

Fueled by the vision of creating an environment free from the constraints of traditional methodologies, PEM Studios Melbourne was established in 2017 by Liana Brener, in association with Stephan Perdekamp, becoming one of only two acting studios in the world that teaches the authentic and comprehensive PEM approach to the craft of acting.

Since 2023, Liana Brener partnered with European industry veteran and former Principle PEM Ensemble member Olaide Ajewole and founded Open Ocean Enterprises, which now drives PEM Studios Melbourne forward as a proud member of this innovative enterprise. Open Ocean's mission is to disseminate emotional congruence training and subconscious process facilitation across various artistic realms, including acting, music, singing, and dance, as well as in corporate, professional development, well-being, public speaking, and charitable sectors. 

Open Ocean Enterprises is dedicated to facilitating personal and professional growth and transformations aimed at unblocking and removing limitations, thus empowering individuals to transcend their potential and achieve their goals. Open Ocean embodies the vastness, dynamics, and depth of emotions, much like the ocean, symbolising expansiveness, discovery, and endless horizons. This ethos is deeply reflected in the renewed approach of PEM Studios Melbourne, where artists and individuals are respected, encouraged and empowered to explore and train within a safe and supportive environment, fostering autonomy, personal growth, and unparalleled transformation

Acting Mastery is very proud to collaborate with PEM Studios to host this 3 day Masterclass!

PEM Studios teaches innovative acting methods based on biological emotional processes connected to organic impulses in the body as well as subconscious processes that serve to unlock the artist's limitations and restrictions. These methods shed any blocks and open up the performers to direct, effortless and repeatable access to authentic emotions on a purely physical basis, without recourse to personal experiences or emotional memory.

Through a series of physical and awareness exercises, artists are taught to access previously unconscious impulses, enabling performers to access bio-energetic movement system directly and consciously allowing easy access to authentic emotion. 

Actors who've laid the foundation continue to gain fundamental tools for character creation through an entirely physical approach. This approach informs the impulses and movement patterns of a character, while exploring how the body shapes a character's emotions, thoughts and interactions with others and the world.

The organic processes taught grant security, flexibility and reliability in the professional careers of actors, singers, dancers and other performers and works with a unheard of simplicity and effectiveness in creating emotional depth and expressiveness.

This approach allows actors to connect with emotions beyond their personal experience and provide them with a broader range of emotional access and expression, enhancing their performances and enriching their craft.

This Foundational training not only enables artists to dive deeper but also to expand further on a physiological level, as they continue training in various other areas of including Voice, Energetic Presence and Connection, Text and Scene Work, Camera technique, Ensemble work and more.

TRANSFORM YOUR ACTING THROUGH A PHYSICAL APPROACH TO AUTHENTIC EMOTIONS
- Open up to your artistic power
- Perform with energy and presence
- Embody authentic emotions through direct physical access
- Navigate through your tensions and blocks
- Organically connect to your body
- Create authentic characters
- Enhance your artistic intuition and depth
- Access vocal freedom and elevate your performance
- Nurture your artistic growth

WHAT YOU WILL GET

In this 3 day Masterclass, students will cover the following:

DAY 1 & 2
Over the first 2 days, actors will unlock the body’s unique physiological language of emotions using the body’s neuro-energetic movement systems. Actors will learn how to access 6 basic emotions and their corresponding exercises, allowing you to explore their function, energetic-motion, and a wide range of intensity and levels of emotional expression.
Gain mastery over your craft by clarifying your instrument and learn to access core emotions easily, safely, immediately, and repeatedly. 

DAY 3
Advance your skills in accessing and using emotions physiologically, allowing for greater emotional depth, dynamics, and flexibility. Today, we will begin to mix and combine emotions as we dive into the next level of acting. You'll become more attuned to your energy and physiology, enabling you to gain artistic control over your instrument and learn how to access the fine and subtle processes necessary for camera work and powerful, raw communication on stage.

Additionally, you'll learn how to energetically connect with your scene partner, facilitating deeper emotional communication and learning to listen through the body. Train to reliably 'get out of your head' and back into your body, enhancing your presence and control over your craft. Training in embodiment, presence, and fine impulse work are all integral parts of this transformative day, leading to extraordinary depth and authenticity in your performances. You will gain comprehensive experience of the principles of acting throughout the day, setting the foundation for future voice, character, and scene work—all from a completely physical approach

3 DAY MASTERCLASS

DATES: Next dates TBA
Email your EOI for our next Masterclass with Liana!

TIME: 9:30am - 5:30pm

WHERE: Bondi Junction
CLASS SIZE: 16 participants

COST: $900 +GST