BMTT

Budi Miller Taksu Training

A Groundbreaking Approach for Teachers and Actors

Dr. Budi Miller’s Taksu Training (BMTT) is a unique and holistic approach to actor training, developed over 20 years. BMTT offers two distinct pathways: one for teachers of acting, voice, and movement seeking transformative methods, and another for actors looking to train directly with Budi. This method blends indigenous, intercultural, and holistic practices, providing a personal and embodied approach for both teachers and actors to break away from conventional Western methodologies and deepen their craft.

What Makes BMTT Unique:

  • Encourages actors to step beyond Eurocentric paradigms, centering their own cultural narratives and personal experiences in a safe and expansive environment.

  • Focuses on the duality of the "actor-self" and "character-self," exploring these aspects in relation to imagination, performance, and the actor-audience dynamic.

  • Offers tools for actors to access parts of themselves previously untapped, overcoming emotional and psychological barriers to expand their artistic range.

  • Based on the Balinese concept of spiritual charisma, fostering an actor's connection to a higher artistic energy and transforming their stage presence.

  • Integrates somatic practices, bioenergetics, breath work, and spatial awareness, helping actors find harmony between their body, mind, and environment.

  • Cultivates a supportive space where performers are free to explore without judgment, unlocking their full creative potential.

  • Draws from diverse traditions—Balinese performing arts, indigenous rituals, mindfulness—integrated into modern actor training while maintaining cultural respect and non-appropriation.

  • Through intensive workshops, BMTT emphasizes experiential learning, repetition, and reflection, mirroring the ancient tradition of apprenticeship for lasting mastery

BMTT for Actors

Unlocking Your Full Creative Potential

BMTT (Budi Miller’s Taksu Training) offers actors a transformative and deeply embodied approach to performance. By moving beyond conventional techniques, BMTT helps you rediscover authenticity, access unexplored creative territories, and elevate your stage presence through a blend of holistic practices, intercultural influences, and spiritual charisma.

  • Encourages actors to step beyond Eurocentric paradigms, centering their own cultural narratives and personal experiences in a safe and expansive environment.

  • Through BMTT, actors are guided in rediscovering their authentic presence on stage. The training focuses on the actor-self and the character-self, encouraging self-inquiry that goes beyond surface-level technique.

  • BMTT provides actors with tools to unlock emotional and psychological barriers, helping them access unexplored parts of themselves. This method expands an actor’s range and deepens their connection to their characters.

  • Based on the Balinese concept of Taksu (spiritual charisma), actors learn to channel higher artistic energies, transforming their stage presence into something magnetic and deeply felt by the audience.

  • With an emphasis on somatic practices, bioenergetics, and spatial awareness, BMTT helps actors align their body, mind, and environment to bring about a more harmonious and grounded performance.

  • Drawing from indigenous rituals, Balinese performing arts, and mindfulness, the training integrates these global traditions into a contemporary context, allowing actors to explore their work through diverse, non-Western lenses while maintaining cultural respect.

  • BMTT cultivates a supportive space where performers are free to explore without judgment, unlocking their full creative potential.

BMTT for actors goes beyond traditional acting techniques, offering a path to authenticity, self-discovery, and profound stage presence, rooted in global performance practices. It’s designed for actors who are ready to step into new creative spaces and ground their performances in something deeper than traditional methods.

BMTT for Teachers

Transforming the Way You Train Actors

BMTT provides acting, voice, and movement teachers with practical tools to guide their students in deep physical awareness, spiritual presence, and character embodiment. Through holistic and intercultural methods, BMTT empowers you to create judgment-free spaces for growth and enhance your teaching of ensemble work and improvisation.

  • By integrating Balinese wisdom and the concept of Taksu, teachers learn to cultivate spiritual presence in their students, unlocking divine energy in performance. The training equips you to bring intercultural perspectives into your teaching while maintaining cultural sensitivity.

  • BMTT gives you practical tools to enhance deep physical awareness, character embodiment, and improvisation in your teaching methods. These tools help your students achieve a stronger connection between their body, mind, and environment, fostering a more grounded performance.

  • The training emphasizes creating a supportive, non-judgmental environment where students can fully explore and expand their artistic range. By fostering this safe space, you enable students to take creative risks and unlock their full potential.

  • BMTT provides methods to teach ensemble-based training, helping students engage deeply with each other and the group’s energy. You will also learn techniques to encourage spontaneity and improvisation, helping students trust their instincts and create truthful moments on stage.

  • This program is designed for both individual acting coaches and faculty members looking to enhance their institution’s curriculum. BMTT helps you integrate holistic and intercultural methodologies into your syllabus, providing students with a richer, more expansive training experience.

  • Through intensive workshops, BMTT emphasizes experiential learning, repetition, and reflection, mirroring the ancient tradition of apprenticeship for lasting mastery.

Through BMTT for Teachers, you’ll be equipped with innovative techniques that not only transform your students but also deepen your approach to pedagogy. It’s a pathway to becoming a more embodied, interculturally-aware, and spiritually-connected teacher, able to cultivate true presence in the next generation of performers.

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