Fever Training & Experimentation

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Methods

The following are a few of the techniques that Fever leads training sessions in:

Roy Hart work is a pragmatic body/voice practice which helps to break restricting patterns and bring vitality to the actor. It is also an image-based work, strengthening expression through sounds and evocations ranging from the beautifully pure to the most primitive and strange.


The Suzuki Method is a rigorous physical and vocal discipline for actors, created by renowned theater artist Tadashi Suzuki and his company. The method is designed to regain the perceptive abilities and powers of the body/voice instrument. Drawing on a unique combination of traditional and innovative forms, the training strives to restore the wholeness of the body as a tool of theatrical expression.


The Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation first articulated by choreographer Mary Overlie who broke down the two dominant issues performers deal with – time and space – into six categories. Her work represents a non-hierarchical post-modern approach to theater training. Since that time, Artistic Director Anne Bogart and SITI Company have adapted the Viewpoints to serve their work. The Viewpoints allows a group of actors to function together spontaneously and intuitively to generate bold, theatrical work quickly. It develops flexibility, articulation and strength in movement and speaking, and makes ensemble playing really possible. This workshop will also introduce the post-modern time/space improvisations of Barbara Dilley, an important contributer to the lineage of the Viewpoints.



Aurora Erlander-Miller in Billum Bay (2007).  Photo by Kate Sanderson.