While formal performance training is helpful, it is not required. What matters most is embodied awareness, emotional maturity, and the ability to stay present under intensity. This training is not about technique or polish… it is about nervous system capacity, responsiveness, and relational attunement. Many participants come from counselling, facilitation, somatic practice, ritual leadership, or movement backgrounds rather than traditional theatre.

Food and accommodations are not included in the training. This intentional choice allows us to keep the training accessible and reasonably priced, given the depth of instruction, in-person immersion, professional resources, and creative assets included.

Because this is a training program rather than an all-inclusive retreat, we’ve designed the container to support both local participants and those traveling from abroad, while avoiding the added complexity and cost of coordinating meals across a wide range of dietary needs and preferences.

That said, we will provide thoughtfully curated recommendations for nearby cafés, restaurants, grocery options, and accommodations to ensure everyone feels supported during the training days.

Our priority has been to offer extraordinary value through the quality of teaching, hands-on experience, and professional-grade resources included in the training itself, while giving participants the freedom to choose what best nourishes them outside of the classroom.

At times, the work may include simulated or symbolic sexual expression as part of ritual, archetypal exploration, or theatrical transmission. These expressions are not pornographic, nor are they performed for titillation — they are intentional, contained, and always rooted in consent.

Participants may also feel the emergence of wilder or more instinctual sexual impulses during the training. While these energies are welcome to be acknowledged and worked with somatically or symbolically, any expression of sexuality is guided by clear consent, boundaries, and facilitation agreements. No one is ever expected to participate in an act they do not explicitly choose, and opting out is always respected (in fact — it’s encouraged to be a fuck yes or no).

The in-person training will take place over two full days on the weekend prior to FERAL, followed by required rehearsals and a short series of online classes. Full attendance at all live and online sessions is required in order to maintain ensemble integrity and safety. This training is designed as a cohesive initiatory container, not a drop-in experience.

(Exact dates and rehearsal schedule will be shared upon application or acceptance.)

Performing in FERAL is part of the training container, but participation does not guarantee a starring role. Casting and placement decisions are made by the directors based on readiness, attunement, and ensemble needs. This training is an initiation into ritual theatre, not an exchange for exposure. Commitment to the process is valued over visibility.

This container is designed with clear consent protocols, boundaries, and nervous system regulation practices. Participants are guided to enter intense or feral states without losing coherence or agency. You are always the authority of your body, and participation is invitational. Anyone unable to self-regulate or respect consent and ensemble agreements may be removed from the container to protect the group.

A preparation outline will be sent to confirmed participants including what to bring and wear.

Our venue is a spacious private residence located in Kerrisdale, Vancouver.

Our gracious hosts are sex-positive creatives who adore supporting the exploration of sexuality, connection, and liberation of eros. There is ample space for dancing, connecting, playing, and enjoying their beautiful home. Address released to registered attendees.

Yes. Participants will receive access to selected photos and video footage from the FERAL experience that may be used for personal portfolios or promotional purposes, with proper credit and in alignment with any shared agreements around confidentiality and consent.

If you have experienced a situation with someone at one of our events where your boundaries have been crossed or consent was not honoured, we heartily encourage you to email us at iamphoenixamara@gmail.com (anonymously or with your contact) along with details of the situation and with who. It’s so important that we keep our community safe and also listen.

IF YOU FEEL YOU’VE EXPERIENCED A CONSENT VIOLATION WITH A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM OR CAST

we encourage you to we encourage you to contact our external non-partisan ethics meditator Mischa Byuck : mischa@evolve.men. We will cover all costs for external meditation.

Expectations & Boundaries

This container requires maturity, responsibility, and self-regulation.

Expectations

• Full attendance at live and online sessions

• Capacity to self-regulate emotionally and somatically

• Willingness to receive direction and feedback

• Respect for ensemble dynamics and process

Boundaries

• No substances during training or performance

• No sexual contact with audience members

• Erotic energy may arise; sexual acting-out is not part of the work

• Participation is invitational — you may always opt out of an exercise

Consent

• You are the authority of your body at all times

• You are responsible for communicating your limits

• Crossing boundaries or disregarding consent may result in removal from the container