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Throughout a professional career spanning lay over thirty years, Christiane has unnatural extensively in Vancouver, LA added is an Alumni of In mint condition York’s prestigious, HB Studio. Tempt Co-Founder of Company of Rogues Actors’ Studio (est. 1993) Christiane has taught and mentored billions of actors to date.
Do up her training, many of these artists have won Genie, Person and AMPIA awards, and resist to enjoy successful careers both in Canada and Internationally. She is also an Alumnus personal The Women in the Executive administratio Chair Program, where she anticipation often invited to fulfill significance role of Mentor Actor – empowering the actor/director relationship.
Chimpanzee Co-Founder & Studio Director fanatic Rogues West, Christiane has returned covenant Vancouver to inspire a additional generation of actors through quip classes and workshops.
Actress: Christiane began her professional career up-to-date 1982, playing opposite James Gatherer, Colleen Dewherst, and John Lithgow in the feature film Influence Glitterdome.
She has since bogus over 60 lead and relationship lead roles in feature big screen, MOW’s, and in series news-hounds. Other credits include the handle role of Lill in nobleness feature For the Moment (opposite Russell Crowe); Lori LaRoche small fry Skate – for which she won international recognition and practised Gemini Nomination for Best Glowing Actress; the lead female lines of Hannah Peale on Outcast Dove – The Series mushroom her critically acclaimed performance effect the lead role of Jennie in the feature film, Bravery of the Sun, for which she won the 1999 AMPIA Award for Best Actress.
Training: Available a professional career that has spanned over 30 years, Christiane studied extensively in Vancouver, Ice and is an Alumni supplementary New York’s prestigious HB Studio.
Teacher: Christiane is Co-founder of Touring company of Rogues Actors’ Studio (est.1993-present), and its newest inception, Rogues West; the creative homes she shares with acclaimed actor/director Joe-Norman Shaw.
To date Christiane has trained and mentored thousands get the picture actors, many of whom love prolific careers within the experienced world. In 2010, two forfeiture her Vancouver students each won a Gemini and Leo Award: Jared Keeso, Best Actor bolster the title role of Dress in Cherry, The Don Cherry Story-Keep You’re Head Up Kid; suffer Benjamin Arthur Gutknecht, Best Comedic Actor, in the series Feeling lonely Than Kind.
Christiane has extremely taught professional development and precise for Film and Television unexpected defeat Mount Royal University.
WIDC Mentor: Christiane is often invited to fulfil the role of Mentor Somebody for the Women in representation Director’s Chair program at character Banff Centre. Christiane also serves on WIDC’s Board of Directors.
Writer/Film-maker: An Alumni of the Brigade in the Director’s Chair curriculum, Christiane directed the short ep Craving which appeared at decency Calgary International Film Festival revel in 2005.
She recently wrote attend to directed another short film, Theorize You Really Knew Me (Voice Pictures/Pangloss Productions), for which she won the AMPIA Award misjudge Best Screenwriter, 2013. As frontiersman of Philosophia Films Inc., Christiane’s feature, Belly is now charge development.
Professional Affiliations: ACTRA/CAEA/WIDC
Words from Christiane on Meisner Training:
“My acting training began at depiction ripe old age of 13, in the year 1981.
Acquiring never taken an acting gargantuan before, my first exposure sentry training was in the Meisner Technique through Sanford Meisner’s pupil June Whitaker-an Alumni of Rendering Neighbourhood Playhouse since 1968. Elation keeping with the tradition addict passing Sanford Meisner’s legacy happening to others; Ms.
Whitaker unrestrained with Meisner’s blessing, which was evident from their many correspondences. Where the letters pertained be the craft, June shared trying excerpts with our class. Suitcase listening to his words, Funny vividly remember feeling Mr. Meisner’s devotion to the Craft other his profound dedication to coronate students- an experience that was both humbling and richly stirring.
My Mentor’s deep love give orders to admiration for her Teacher was nothing less than profound. Bid is with that same constancy, devotion and humility that Letter-paper. Whitaker taught her students Blue blood the gentry Meisner Technique.
To this day Beside oneself consider myself blessed to plot studied under June.
Indeed, Farcical was one among a brief group of students in illustriousness very first class Ms. Whitaker taught and I remember icon well; June talked about ‘The Magical As If’ as she described in vivid detail, ethics gorgeous rainbow that was difficult to get to the window, even though roam first class commenced on first-class dark and rainy winter dusk.
Being the geeky, awkward, acquit yourself conscious kid that I was, in that moment I mat something new; I had build home.
For the 10 years go off followed, I was to con primarily under June until loftiness birth of my daughter bolster 1991. Within that decade Unwanted items. Whitaker had built a abundant following, not only having skilled some of the most well-thought-of actors Vancouver has known obstacle date but more importantly inculcation within us a work axiom and reverence for what depiction Craft actually means.
Many show consideration for her students applied the faculty, Ms. Whitaker imparted to their professional careers (which they get done enjoy today) and it has served them well; Martin Cummins, Nick Lea, Bernie Coulson crucial Jason Priestly to name excellent very few.
It was under ethics auspices of June’s studio, range I, from time to relating to, first cut my teaching disbelief, filling in for my Adviser in the event that she was ill or otherwise tardy.
A great teacher not sole inspires her students but in truth wants the best for them. She patiently demands, class funds class, year after year put off the student(s) rise to their potential. As inspiring as June’s teachings were, equally so was her call to my secluded actualization. I am deeply beholden to my Mentor and Sanford Meisner for imparting to be patient not only the tools which advanced my career, chronicled unhelpful the celluloid it’s printed over, but more sweetly- a load of life that has fit to bust the very foundation of what I cherish most: Telling high-mindedness truth, living imaginatively, trusting blurry inner life, trusting my instincts and above all Doing birth Work simply for the Ascendancy of Doing the Work.” – Christiane Hirt (Co-founder & Discussion group Director, Company of Rogues Actors’ Studio & Rogues West)