Certification Process - Acting and Singing with Archetypes

Criteria: To qualify for certification in the Acting and Singing with Archetypes.

  1. You must have completed a one week intensive, ‘Voicing and Embodying Archetypes of Myths and Legends’ taught by Frankie, Janet or Certified Teachers or have taken the one semester course, ‘Acting with Archetypes’ taught by a certified teacher OR have had a comparable learning experience.
  2. You must have had practice teaching of the Archetype journeys based upon the descriptions in Acting and Singing with Archetypes.
  3. You must have observed Janet, Frankie or a Certified teacher leading the work.
  4. During the Covid Pandemic, we will allow for remote observations and remote teaching.
  5. You must apply for Certification.

Assessment:  

  1. It will be determined by the adjudicator whether you are able to teach the work successfully. This will be determined by the following criteria.
  2. You will:
    1. Create a safe environment of ‘structured freedom’, setting out the rules, including the use of the rattle, while encouraging free expression.
    2. Introduce the work, giving a brief history and answering the question of, “What is an archetype?”
    3. You will teach the ‘Stepping Out’ process.
    4. You will take the group into application of the work to monologue, song or poem.
  3. You will conduct 1-3 archetype journeys for a group of participants while being observed by Janet or a Certified Teacher. These need to be journeys from the book but not necessarily following the exact wording.   Following your presentation, there will be an in-depth discussion of your teaching.

How to Apply

  1. Let Janet Rodgers know of your interest. Contact her at by Email.
  2. Janet will send you an application form.
  3. Fill this out and send it back with the application fee.

Janet or Certified Teacher will be observing:

  1. Atmosphere in the classroom: Are you able to create an atmosphere of freedom and safety in the classroom; one in which participants are genuinely able to participate without the judgment of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, ‘good’ or ‘bad’? Is the teacher able to understand that each archetype will manifest differently in each individual and able to honor those differences without judgment?
  2. Voice: Does your voice have the ability and flexibility to embrace qualities of Story-Teller? Are you using enough vocal energy to reach every participant?
  3. Are you able to take students successfully from beginning to end of the imaginative journey so that they surrender to the event?
  4. Are you allowing for appropriate amount of time for each part of the journey, including one -on -one and group discussion or writing at the end of the experience?
  5. Are you using an effective methodology for ‘Stepping Out’?
  6. Are you able to guide reflection and discussion related to the artistic process?
  7. Are you able to deal with, without taking away from the experience of other students, any emotional reactions which might arise?
  8. Are you able to keep the emphasis on the work as an actor’s tool while enriching the imaginative, physical and vocal resources of the actor?
  9. Do you have an understanding and are able to express an understanding about the multicultural basis for each archetype? Do you understand and are able to express that archetypes are not stereotypes? That they are larger than ourselves and exist in the time frame and stories of myths and legends? That these are not the contemporary archetypes discussed by Caroline Myss or Carol Pearson?

Logistics:

  1. If Janet is invited to an on-site evaluation you (or your institution) will be responsible for the expenses of her travel, food plus certification time (2 days=$400.00). If the observations is remote, these expenses will be waived.
  2. The Certification Application Fee is $300.00
  3. The Certification Processing Fee is $100.00

We offer the Certification with the understanding that increasingly, universities are demanding certification evidence of expertise in particular areas of training. Please understand that we are here to serve you in your profession.