Since 1977
ParaTheatrical ReSearch Labs, Productions & Workshops ceased after Autumn Equinox 2019
"Orphans of Delirium" (2004; performance and video document) CellSpace, San Francisco CA
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~ DOCUMENTATION ~
"BARDOVILLE" - 3 min. excerpt from the performance. Poetry by Charles Bukowski
(May 2017, Portland). Nothing is choreographed here. All the actions are spontaneous
expressions of personal hypocrisies within each performer as a basis for characters
developed in the previous ten-week 2-Faced Clowns Lab ~ Production details
VIDEO DOCUMENTS
Performance & Non-performance modes (since 1991)
PARATHEATRICAL RESEARCH WORKBOOK #1
"ARCHEOLOGY OF THE SOUL" by Antero Alli (2003)
PARATHEATRICAL RESEARCH WORKBOOK #2
"STATE OF EMERGENCE" by Antero Alli (2020)
Experiments in Group Ritual Dynamics
"SACRED RITES" LAB BOOK (2023)
"Ritual Journal Entries & Production Notes" by Antero Alli
"FALLEN MONSTERS" (excerpt) ~ Poetry by William Blake; sung by Sylvi Alli
May 2018, Portland OR (neither improvised nor choreographed, these actions
erupted spontaneously from specific internal sources within the performer).
Production details
THE DIRECTORS
Sylvi Alli, Music director & Vocal training
Antero Alli, Artistic director & Paratheatrical training
PARATHEATRE BEYOND GROTOWSKI
On the term "Paratheatre" and its offshoots
INTERVIEWS
Antero and Sylvi on Paratheatre
ARTICLES & ESSAYS
Paratheatre and related topics
~ THE WORK PROCESS ~
FOUR STAGES OF WORK (2020; 10 min.)
Demonstration of what typically occurs in the first hour of each 3-hour session:
1) The physical warm-up 2) Non-directional jogging 3) No-Form practice
and 4) Conscious projection/Sourcing.
ORIENTATION
Guiding principles of this work
THE ASOCIAL CLIMATE
The social bypass of paratheatrical process
NO-FORM: THE CRUX OF THIS MEDIUM
Inner and outer adjustments of source work
ON VERTICALITY
Opening the door to the internal landscape
THE RITUAL FACILITATOR
Set, Setting, and Guidelines for Group Work
"Soror Mystica". Poetry by Hilda Doolittle (aka H.D.) Dec. 2017, Portland.
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TRIGGER METHODS
The "nuts and bolts" of this ritual technology
THE 5 INTENTIONS
On advancement in this work
THE EMBODIED VOICE
Methods of vocalization in motion
THE MUSES DIALOGUE
The Crown Jewel of ParaTheatrical ReSearch
Video and Journal Entries on the Muses Archetype
PERFORMANCE
(2004/05;2016-2018)
6 min. excerpt from "ESCAPE FROM CHAPEL PERILOUS" (Dec. 2018).
Poetry by Sylvia Plath performed by Ed Welsh as "Father Timeless"
"ORPHANS OF DELIRIUM" (2004)
Featuring the poetry of Samuel T. Coleridge
Wildcat Studio, Berkeley; CELLSpace, San Francisco
"REQUIEM FOR A FRIEND" (2005)
Featuring the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
Finnish Brotherhood Hall, Berkeley
"A TURBULENCE OF MUSES" (2016)
Featuring the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud
PerformanceWorks NW, Portland
"BARDOVILLE" (2017)
Featuring the poetry of Charles Bukowski
PerformanceWorks NW, Portland
"SOROR MYSTICA" (2017)
Featuring the poetry of Hilda Doolittle (aka H.D.)
PerformanceWorks NW, Portland
"FALLEN MONSTERS" (2018)
Featuring the poetry of William Blake
PerformanceWorks NW, Portland
"ESCAPE FROM CHAPEL PERILOUS" (2018)
Featuring the poetry of Sylvia Plath
PerformanceWorks NW, Portland
"SACRED RITES: From Ritual Into Theatre" Talk by Antero Alli, June 11, 2023
The director discusses the origins and developments of his methods
TESTIMONIALS
Stories shared by past participants
ORIGINS OF THIS PARATHEATRE MEDIUM
Early training, inspirations, developments, 1970 - 2023
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Berkeley, Seattle, Portland, 1978-2018
VERTICAL POOL (CURRENT & FUTURE PROJECTS),
PARATHEATRE MANIFESTO, LINKS, CONTACT, SITE MAP
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