This is the workshop for you! We'll introduce you to stage combat and give you a chance to really play. Students will explore multiple weapon disciplines to provide a foundation for further training. Ideal for those new or still learning the basics of stage combat. In order to facilitate a good experience tudents will have their curriculum set for the majority of the workshop. Students will get to pick their final class of the day to experience what they might have to look forward to in future training.
Certified Teacher, Intimacy Director, and newly named Artistic Director of the Circle Theater Ashley White takes you through her process of breaking down a fight scene. Learn effective performance tools to sell the dramatic violence.
Fighting in the Round - Unarmed - Andrew Dylan Ray< Sell the Hit from ALL the Angles! >
Come throw down with Andrew Dylan Ray and learn how to make an audience see a story that isn’t actually happening. Participants will work on multiple techniques (slap, backhand slap, cross, jab, hook, hammer punches and elbow strike) and applying them in short fight scenes.
IP2: Integrated Practices to Performance - Longsword - Adam Noble and Pat Kelly
< The Practical Knowledge & Warrior Attributes to Elevate YOUR Stage & Screen Combat Skills! >
This two-part class offers foundational martial arts training (the real stuff), and then elucidates the techniques necessary to turn that martial knowledge into visceral, violent storytelling (the stage & screen stuff). Co-Instructors CT Patrick Kelly (Indiana University) and FD Adam Noble (University of Houston) bring decades of practical, cinematic and theatrical experience to bear, offering IP2 instruction in Longsword.
Victorian Swashbuckling - Single Sword - H Russ Brown
< High Adventure & Fanciful Feats of Derring-Do! >
Unleash your inner duelling diva via the Victorian Stock Phrases!! Come learn the all the super flashy moves that make for piratical, pulse-pounding action! SAFD Fight Director / Certified Teacher and playwright H. Russ Brown (and shameless huckster) breaks down the historically theatrical techniques and phrases specifically featured in his award-winning farce, A DIVINE KERFUFFLE! Free copy of the script for all participants!
Historical African Martial Arts - North African Nimcha - Da'Mon StithHistorical African martial artist and pioneer Da’Mon Stith (HAMAA, Street Forge Armory) is back at the TXI. He’ll lead students through 6 hours of work with the Nimcha, a single handed sword from North Africa.
Ideal for martial artists and performers. Come prepared to move.
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