About the Perdekamp Emotional Method

What the P.E.M. does:

The P.E.M. – developed by German director, actor and playwright Stephan Perdekamp – enables the actor to produce real emotion technically but authentically, without having to recourse to personal experience or emotional memory. This allows the artist to work with a wider range of emotions and therefore more flexible characters.

The P.E.M. enables actors to work with a wider range of emotional expressions and therefore to create intense, distinctive characters. For screen acting, this means that any performance can be authentically and precisely repeated. It guarantees a deep and penetrating portrayal of emotions that can be instantaneously accessed. For on stage acting, it means that the audience not only sees the emotional expression of characters, but actually empathically accompanies the actor´s emotional processes.

The P.E.M. makes acting more subtle, authentic and true.

How the P.E.M. works:

Through simple exercises the P.E.M. isolates bio-energetic key-triggers to inborn physical emotional patterns. By using these triggers, actors can access the underlying bio-energetic foundation to emotional expression rather than "acting the expression" - and are capable to produce an authentic emotional reaction.

The P.E.M. releases emotional blockages, intensifies emotional experiences and enriches the artistic performance with deep and touching emotional expression.