BMTT MUMBAI - TRANSFORMATIVE ACTOR TRAINING & SCENE STUDY
EARLY BIRD OFFER available until 30 April, 2026!
Embodying the Imagination with Masks
Mumbai, India | July 10–12 & July 16–19, 2026
Join us in Mumbai for an immersive, rigorously physical, and spiritually grounded experience in transformative actor training, where mask work becomes the catalyst for deep character embodiment and advanced scene study.
This intensive training invites actors into visceral states of imagination, presence, and transformation—moving beyond habitual psychology into full-bodied, imaginative action. Through mask, ensemble practice, improvisation, and dramaturgically curated scene work, participants are guided into new expressive territories of their craft.
Scenes are deliberately selected to push each actor into areas of craft they have not yet fully accessed, expanding technical range, risk capacity, and creative courage.
What You’ll Work On
Practical Embodiment
Experience what it truly means to embody character. Through physically driven training, actors develop the ability to access character through sensation, rhythm, breath, impulse, and spatial awareness—rather than psychological effort alone.
Holistic Actor Training
The work integrates:
Physical and spatial awareness
Improvisation and impulse training
Ensemble complicité
Ritual and spiritual focus for performers
Advanced character embodiment practices
This is training that develops the whole actor—body, voice, imagination, and energetic presence.
Freedom from Judgment
The studio becomes a disciplined, supportive laboratory—free from shame, punishment, or aesthetic policing. Actors are invited into courageous experimentation where risk is valued and failure is part of the creative process.
Unlocking Taksu: Performance Energy Beyond Technique
Balinese Wisdom
Participants are introduced to the Balinese concept of taksu—the moment when performance becomes charged with presence, vitality, and spiritual force. While rooted in Balinese cosmology, taksu is understood here as a universal performative phenomenon that transcends culture and genre.
Mask Work
The word persona originally meant mask—a sonically projected image through the voice.
Mask training reconnects actors to the physical, emotional, and intuitive intelligence of the body, bypassing ego-driven habits and linear psychology. Through this work, imagination becomes physical, breath becomes expressive, and presence becomes unmistakable.
Much of the ensemble training is influenced by Michael Chekhov’s psychophysical techniques, themselves shaped by Eastern spiritual philosophies, ritual, and energetic awareness.
Fitzmaurice Voicework®
Fitzmaurice Voicework is an embodied vocal practice that liberates the natural voice by working directly with presence, breath, imagination, and a deep awareness of the nervous system. Through dynamic physical sequences and restorative vocal work, actors learn to access vocal power without strain, allowing voice to arise organically from impulse and emotional truth.
In this training, Fitzmaurice Voicework supports:
Greater vocal freedom and resonance
Deeper emotional accessibility
Integration of voice with full-body expression
Release of habitual tension patterns that limit presence
Rather than “placing” the voice, actors cultivate a voice that is responsive, grounded, and dynamically connected to imagination and action.
Scene Study
Drawing from plays across cultures and styles, actors work in ensemble to develop scenes that demand:
heightened imaginative commitment
complex physical storytelling
expanded emotional range
rigorous listening and responsiveness
This is not comfort-zone realism—it is transformational performance practice.
Dr. Budi Miller
Dr. Budi Miller brings over 20 years of research and international teaching experience in Budi Miller Taksu Training (BMTT) and Balinese Performing Arts Training (BPAT). His work integrates mask, Fitzmaurice Voicework, Michael Chekhov technique, Grotowski-based physical training, clown, and ritual-based performance practice.
Former Head of Acting at the Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne), Budi is the first Black person to hold that role at one of Australia’s top drama institutions. He is Co-Artistic Director of The Theatre of Others, Lead Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, and a UNESCO-designated Master Teacher of Mask Work.
His coaching credits include actors working across Broadway, HBO, Marvel, Netflix, and major international film markets, including Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain), Jonathan Majors, and Julian Elijah Martinez.
Budi’s work is known for awakening imagination, releasing physical and emotional blocks, and reconnecting actors to spiritual dimensions of performance.
Why Masks Matter?
Masks interrupt habitual behavior and invite actors into heightened physical imagination. They demand clarity, precision, and energetic commitment. Through mask, actors bypass self-consciousness and enter a state where the body leads and the intellect follows.
This training is for actors serious about refining their instrument and expanding their expressive capacity.
Workshop Details
Location: Mumbai, India (Studio venue TBC)
Dates:
July 10–12, 2026
July 16–19, 2026
Format: 7-day immersive professional training intensive
Focus: Mask, Fitzmaurice Voicework, ensemble, embodiment, advanced scene study, and spiritual performance practice
This is a disciplined journey into the heart of craft—designed for actors ready to move beyond technique into transformation.
EARLY BIRD OFFER available until 30 April, 2026!
Embodying the Imagination with Masks
Mumbai, India | July 10–12 & July 16–19, 2026
Join us in Mumbai for an immersive, rigorously physical, and spiritually grounded experience in transformative actor training, where mask work becomes the catalyst for deep character embodiment and advanced scene study.
This intensive training invites actors into visceral states of imagination, presence, and transformation—moving beyond habitual psychology into full-bodied, imaginative action. Through mask, ensemble practice, improvisation, and dramaturgically curated scene work, participants are guided into new expressive territories of their craft.
Scenes are deliberately selected to push each actor into areas of craft they have not yet fully accessed, expanding technical range, risk capacity, and creative courage.
What You’ll Work On
Practical Embodiment
Experience what it truly means to embody character. Through physically driven training, actors develop the ability to access character through sensation, rhythm, breath, impulse, and spatial awareness—rather than psychological effort alone.
Holistic Actor Training
The work integrates:
Physical and spatial awareness
Improvisation and impulse training
Ensemble complicité
Ritual and spiritual focus for performers
Advanced character embodiment practices
This is training that develops the whole actor—body, voice, imagination, and energetic presence.
Freedom from Judgment
The studio becomes a disciplined, supportive laboratory—free from shame, punishment, or aesthetic policing. Actors are invited into courageous experimentation where risk is valued and failure is part of the creative process.
Unlocking Taksu: Performance Energy Beyond Technique
Balinese Wisdom
Participants are introduced to the Balinese concept of taksu—the moment when performance becomes charged with presence, vitality, and spiritual force. While rooted in Balinese cosmology, taksu is understood here as a universal performative phenomenon that transcends culture and genre.
Mask Work
The word persona originally meant mask—a sonically projected image through the voice.
Mask training reconnects actors to the physical, emotional, and intuitive intelligence of the body, bypassing ego-driven habits and linear psychology. Through this work, imagination becomes physical, breath becomes expressive, and presence becomes unmistakable.
Much of the ensemble training is influenced by Michael Chekhov’s psychophysical techniques, themselves shaped by Eastern spiritual philosophies, ritual, and energetic awareness.
Fitzmaurice Voicework®
Fitzmaurice Voicework is an embodied vocal practice that liberates the natural voice by working directly with presence, breath, imagination, and a deep awareness of the nervous system. Through dynamic physical sequences and restorative vocal work, actors learn to access vocal power without strain, allowing voice to arise organically from impulse and emotional truth.
In this training, Fitzmaurice Voicework supports:
Greater vocal freedom and resonance
Deeper emotional accessibility
Integration of voice with full-body expression
Release of habitual tension patterns that limit presence
Rather than “placing” the voice, actors cultivate a voice that is responsive, grounded, and dynamically connected to imagination and action.
Scene Study
Drawing from plays across cultures and styles, actors work in ensemble to develop scenes that demand:
heightened imaginative commitment
complex physical storytelling
expanded emotional range
rigorous listening and responsiveness
This is not comfort-zone realism—it is transformational performance practice.
Dr. Budi Miller
Dr. Budi Miller brings over 20 years of research and international teaching experience in Budi Miller Taksu Training (BMTT) and Balinese Performing Arts Training (BPAT). His work integrates mask, Fitzmaurice Voicework, Michael Chekhov technique, Grotowski-based physical training, clown, and ritual-based performance practice.
Former Head of Acting at the Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne), Budi is the first Black person to hold that role at one of Australia’s top drama institutions. He is Co-Artistic Director of The Theatre of Others, Lead Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, and a UNESCO-designated Master Teacher of Mask Work.
His coaching credits include actors working across Broadway, HBO, Marvel, Netflix, and major international film markets, including Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain), Jonathan Majors, and Julian Elijah Martinez.
Budi’s work is known for awakening imagination, releasing physical and emotional blocks, and reconnecting actors to spiritual dimensions of performance.
Why Masks Matter?
Masks interrupt habitual behavior and invite actors into heightened physical imagination. They demand clarity, precision, and energetic commitment. Through mask, actors bypass self-consciousness and enter a state where the body leads and the intellect follows.
This training is for actors serious about refining their instrument and expanding their expressive capacity.
Workshop Details
Location: Mumbai, India (Studio venue TBC)
Dates:
July 10–12, 2026
July 16–19, 2026
Format: 7-day immersive professional training intensive
Focus: Mask, Fitzmaurice Voicework, ensemble, embodiment, advanced scene study, and spiritual performance practice
This is a disciplined journey into the heart of craft—designed for actors ready to move beyond technique into transformation.