Acting Intensive m. Kirk Baltz
Mo, 28. Okt 2024 - Do, 31. Okt 2024
October 28-31 MUNICH:
„Resolution“ …it’s time for you to be seen, heard, and recognized
Writing should always be an important part of an actor’s work. When we write, our head, our heart, and our hand connect. A flow takes place. We get out of our own way and the mind settles. We uncover raw truth that we may not have seen before.
For this workshop you will be using material from your own life to write and act from your gut which will then be professionally shot on video for you to add to or create a demo reel. It begins here:
Write a letter to someone with whom you have an unresolved issue. Someone important to you from your past or present.
I encourage you to write it by hand. Don’t pull any punches… let ’em have it. And don’t worry, you won’t be mailing it. State your issue at the start of your letter. Cut to the chase. Let the pen go… this is not meant to be high art. Spill onto the page what your body needs to say. Yes, I invite you to write your letter to that one person you don’t want to.
When finished, set it off to the side and step into their shoes having just read your letter. Write you back. Drop in. Let them speak from your gut not your
brain. Trust me when I say “They are within you”. Let them write out all they need to say. Your head may say “they would never respond” or “they would have nothing to say.” Give them the ability and willingness to (maybe for the first time in their life) respond truthfully and hold nothing back.
When finished, set this one aside as well.
You now have 2 strong self-written monologues. Don’t rewrite or critique. Trust they are enough… as are you.
Bring them to our first day of class and be prepared to create a 60-90 second monologue of work that resounds with change, truth, and a powerful aspect of who you are that you will have on video.
It’s time for you to be seen, heard, and recognized.
With Care and Respect,
Kirk
*Discount please request via Email. Available for everyone who has participated at least once before at Kirk Baltz workshops, or if you are currently enrolled as a full-time acting students (please send us your proove via email).
About Kirk Baltz (L.A.)
From the start of his career, Kirk Baltz has studied extensively in NYC and LA with such noted teachers as Sandra Seacat, Greg Zittle, Susan Batson, Tony Greco, and Penny Allen; who are responsible for the training (and in some cases the continued coaching), of such actors as:
Ryan Gosling, Nicole Kidman, Shia Labeouf, Andrew Garfield, Laura Dern, Mickey Rourke, Jesicca Lange, Harvey Keitel and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Kirk Baltz has appeared in such recent television shows as:
Snowfall and NCIS:Los Angeles, as well as 24, The Fugitive, Will & Grace, The Shield, Without A Trace, NYPD Blue.
He is also know for his tremendous work in a number of iconic feature films such as:
Bulworth, Natural Born Killers, Reservoir Dogs, Face/Off, Dances With Wolves and Taylor Hackford’s Parker. Deniz Erguven’s Kings, Alan Watt’s Interior Night, and the critically acclaimed short films The Armoire written and directed by Evan Cooper as well as Demon by Caleb Slain are more recent additions.
Kirk will soon be seen in Redheaded Stranger and Tug of War, both written and directed by Jack Depp and Dexter Demme, By The Grape of God written by Kevin Hickey and directed by Colmcille Donston as well as Muscle Beach written and directed by Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman.
Represented by Metropolitan Talent Agency and Endorse Management Group in Los Angeles.
Kirk Baltz
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FAQs
- In welcher Sprache wird gearbeitet bzw. muss ich Englisch wirklich perfekt können?
I do encourage folks to work in their mother tongue. There’s more of an internal connection that takes place and then the works can be taken to English if desired. I’m more interested in artists grabbing the essence of the work rather than being concerned with the linguistics. I don’t need to understand what’s being said. I’m looking for truth and conviction.
- Wird zusätzliche Arbeit zu Hause erwartet?
There might be minimal work on lunch breaks and to do at home in the evening. Simple review of scenes and perhaps a bit of writing…nothing arduous. Evenings are for resting and dreaming 🙂