1977 to 2019

All Paratheatre Labs and Workshops ceased after Autumn Equinox 2019



"Orphans of Delirium" (2004; performance and video document) CellSpace, San Francisco CA


 
~ DOCUMENTATION ~
 PERFORMANCE VIDEO, MORE VIDEO DOCUMENTS, WORKBOOKS, DIRECTORS,
2023 INTERVIEW, PARATHEATRE BEYOND GROTOWSKI, INTERVIEWS & ESSAYS





"BARDOVILLE" (42 min.) full video document of the performance
 Poetry by Charles Bukowski (May 2017, Portland).
Nothing in this performance was choreographed. The movements seen
here are animated by specific sources within the Body of each performer.
These sources were first discovered in the 10-week pre-performance Lab
exposing personal and collective hypocrisies as a basis for Two-faced
Clown characters that were then developed for performance.
Click this for production details


VIDEO DOCUMENTS
Performance & Non-performance modes (since 1991)

PARATHEATRICAL RESEARCH WORKBOOK
"STATE OF EMERGENCE" by Antero Alli (2020)
Experiments in Group Ritual Dynamics

COMING SOON! "SACRED RITES" (2023; new book)
"Ritual Journal Entries & Production Notes" by Antero Alli

THE DIRECTORS
Sylvi Alli, Music director & Vocal training
Antero Alli, Artistic director & Paratheatrical training




INTERVEW with ANTERO ALLI. Part 1 (Jan. 18, 2023, Portland OR)
With Joao Peixoto on the legacy of ParaTheatrical ReSearch
Click this for Parts 2 & 3


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 ~
 4 STAGES OF WORK (Video), ORIENTATION, THE ASOCIAL CLIMATE,
NO-FORM, TRIGGER METHODS, THE FIVE INTENTIONS,
THE EMBODIED VOICE, THE RITUAL FACILITATOR




FOUR STAGES OF WORK (2020; 10 min.)
 Group demonstration of what typically occurs in the
first hour of a 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



"Soror Mystica". Poetry by Hilda Doolittle; aka HD. (Dec. 2017, Portland)


TRIGGER METHODS
The "nuts and bolts" of this ritual medium

THE 5 INTENTIONS
On advancement in this work

THE EMBODIED VOICE
Methods of vocalization in motion

THE RITUAL FACILITATOR
Set, Setting, and Guidelines for Group Work



PERFORMANCE/2004-2018
 ORPHANS OF DELIRIUM (2004), REQUIEM FOR A FRIEND (2005)
, A TURBULENCE OF MUSES (2016). BARDOVILLE (2017), SOROR MYSTICA (2017),
FALLEN MONSTERS (2018), ESCAPE FROM CHAPEL PERIOUS (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)

REQUIEM FOR A FRIEND (2005)

A TURBULENCE OF MUSES (2016)

BARDOVILLE (2017)

SOROR MYSTICA (2017)

FALLEN MONSTERS (2018)

ESCAPE FROM CHAPEL PERIOUS (2018)

 

~ OUR BACK STORY~
 TESTIMONIALS, ORIGINS OF THIS MEDIUM, PRODUCTION HISTORY





"A Turbulence of Muses". Poetry by Arthur Rimbaud. (Dec. 2016; Portland)


TESTIMONIALS
Stories shared by past participants

ORIGINS OF THIS PARATHEATRE MEDIUM
Early trainings, inspirations and origins, 1970 - 2022

PRODUCTION HISTORY
 Berkeley, Seattle, Portland, 1978-2018

VERTICAL POOL (CURRENT & FUTURE PROJECTS),
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