Masterclass for actors: Un-type yourself

Kursbeskrivelsen er på engelsk, da kurset arbeidsspråk er engelsk.

We are proud to announce that Kirk Baltz will be coming to Norway to conduct this masterclass for professional actors looking for a tune up!

It’s easy to lose a sense of our playful, spontaneous selves. To get caught up in old habits and patterns that make us who we think we SHOULD be.
So: “WHAT’S MY TYPE?”

What if we smashed this question and broke all patterns and fully embraced our PLAYFUL feminine and/or masculine energy?

Kirk Baltz’s teaching is Method and Meisner-based, using repetition, movement, sensory work, improvisation, writing, script analysis and varying exercises. The masterclasses are taught in a warm, truthful, humoristic, and direct manner.

Kirk encourages artists to fully be who they are while realizing their full potential. Kirk’s work can also help participants with practicing the differences between acting on stage, on camera and in a casting office.

In the workshop we’ll be working with the play “Four-dogs-and-a-bone” by John Patrick Shanley. Click the title to download the play.

Preparations – from Kirk
This workshop requires the participants to do 2 assignments in preparation.

Assignment 1:
We’ll be working with the play “Four-dogs-and-a-bone” by John Patrick Shanley. It’s a fun romp. Give it a good read and bring a printed copy to class – it ain’t that massive. I’d like each of you to pull a monologue from the play that runs no more than 60-90 seconds.
BUT… pick a character you would never play. Go full on against type casting. If you’re an older dude (like myself)…yes, embrace your inner Brenda or Collette and go for it! If you’re a true ingénue or an actress who’s been around…go for Bradley or Victor! Be who and what you need to be to become your chosen character.
Get makeup, props, wardrobe, a wig if ya like and jump in all the way!
Your monologue may be lines pieced together from a scene or a full monologue already in the play.
The more you let go and commit the more we will collectively rise to new heights. Your monologue will be shot in a playful self tape style with class assistance on your own phone.

Assignment 2:
Also, please prepare this dream assignment and bring it on the first day of class.
Before you go to sleep, write out the following letter to yourself in a journal. Women will request an Animus dream to approach a masculine energy while men will request an Anima dream to get better in touch with feminine energy.
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Dear Inner Self,                                    (Time and date)
If it is your will, please reveal to me in a dream what you would like me to know about my Animus/Anima so I may come closer to you.
With Care and Respect,
(Your name)
P.S. Please help me to remember and write down my dream when I wake up.
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Leave a pen and notebook by your bed. First thing when you wake up, write down all aspects of your dream that you can remember. If you have no dream or just a single image, write it down or even just your first waking thoughts and feelings. Trust the process.Give your dreams permission to help you become aware of areas where you struggle for power in your life, and journal about feelings that arise as you read the play.

«Our 4 days together will be rooted in building TRUST within ourselves and of those around us.»
-Kirk

Questions about the workshop
Feel free to reach out to Kirk with any questions you may have about the workshop, at kirk@kirkbaltz.com.

Working language
This workshop will be conducted in English.