1st week of classes and workshop

Last week, starting on the 1st Easter Monday, it was the day when I started studying again for the Summer at MDC for RIZAL which 3 units.

According to RA 1425 (Rizal Law):

"SEC.1Courses on the life, works and writings of Jose Rizal, particularly his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, shall be included in the curricula of all schools, colleges and universities, public or private; Provided, That in the collegiate courses, the original or unexpurgated editions of the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo or their English translations shall be used as basic texts.The Board of National Education is hereby authorized and directed to adopt forthwith measures to implement and carry out the provisions of this Section, including the writing and printing of appropriate primers, readers and textbooks.

SEC.2It shall be obligatory on all schools, colleges and universities to keep in their libraries an adequate number of copies of the original and expurgated editions of the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, as well as Rizal’s other works and biography. The said unexpurgated editions of the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo or their translations in English as well as other writings of Rizal shall be included in the list of approved books for required reading in all public or private schools, colleges and universities."

It is great to study the national hero who had 11 girlfriends at different times of his life. Generally, he was a polymath. It is interesting.

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I am having the workshop again. The GTF workshop (Gantimpala Theater Foundation).


http://epistemus.blogspot.com/2009/01/workshops-on-acting-in-theater.html

http://epistemus.blogspot.com/2009/03/return-of-gtf-musical-theater-workshop.html



Pls. click the 2nd week to see the 1st story about GTF. This workshop this year is unique because there are no OJT's and there are few workshoppers (around 16). More males than females. The oldest is a 46 year old lady accoutant and the youngest is a 12 year old boy.


The 3 days (12 hours), are fine.


He defined that the PURE CENTER OF ENERGY is approximately 3 inches below the navel. (Sacral Chakra)
He defined that the Human spine is straight and has only 2 joints.
He defined that "Theater acting is an art, art is an imitation and interpretation of life therefore Theater acting is an imitation of life which is an expression"
He defined that air can reach below the navel (Meaning, the energy of the air must reach the pure center, not the air itself).
He defined that an actor has 3 instruments (Body, Mind and Voice)
He defined that there are 3 forms of communication (Non-verbal, No eye contact; Non-verbal, Eye contact; Verbal, Eye contact)
He defined that we get our energy solely from unpolluted air.
He defined that the speaking voice is the singing voice.
He defined the 3 forms of theatrical energy (Visual, Auditory, Psychological)
He defined that Relaxation is the process in producing the highest state of awareness which is Restful Alertness.
He defined that non-clarity of communication and action is wasted effort.
He defined that an actor must have Discipline, Determination and Dedication.
He defined that Acting is Reacting, we are all connected into 1 unit.
He defined that teamwork creates order.

From these statements, It is obvious that Sir Roeder has eliminated the sciences involved, however, these concepts makes him a great actor. It is a privilege for him to spread these knowledge to all in a workshop.

He was a student of Ana Valdes-Lim . The teaching style of Sir Roeder is similar to that of his mentor.

Carpe Diem- "Seize the day" is his ideal concept which associates with "Take the risk as you accept the repsonsiblity".

You can learn from this guy well.

God Bless!.