The famed Broadway and Hollywood casting director reveals everything an actor needs to know to get the part. When Streisand, Redford, Vereen, Tomlin, Midler and Hoffman got their first breaks, Michael Shurtliff was there. Michael Shurtleff has been casting director for Broadway shows like Chicago and Becket and for films like The Graduate and Jesus […]
The School of Fencing With a General Explanation of the Principal Attitudes and Positions Peculiar to the Art by Domenico Angelo Edited and Presented by Jared Kirby Notes by Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martinez Angelo’s legacy is one of the greatest in the history of fencing. He started a lineage of fencing-teachers in England that would continue […]
Assisting Fight Master Simon Fon First Year Group 1: Monday 2 February 2009 2-5pm Group 2: Wednesday 4 February 2009 2-5pm Warm up Kicks Review: Front kick, Front Snap kick, Side Kick, Roundhouse/Round kick, Crescent Kick Reverse-turning Heel Kick Wing Chun Slap Block Filipino Sun Sequence Figure-4 Arm Lock to Takedown (Back fall) Judo Major […]
Assisting Fight Master Simon Fon First Year Group 1: Monday 26 January 2009 2-5pm Group 2: Wednesday 28 January 2009 2-5pm Warm up Watch and critique 15-move fight Kicks Front kick Front Snap kick Side Kick Roundhouse/Round kick Crescent Kick Second Year Group 1: Wednesday 28 January 2009 9-11am Group 2: Wednesday 28 January 2009 […]
The Actor’s Survival Kit has been the backbone of Business of Acting courses and a constant resource for its many readers across Canada. But, after seven years and two editions, the business has changed. Peter Messaline and Miriam Newhouse have revised the original Actor’s Survival Kit and addressed a number of issues and areas of […]
Assisting Fight Master Simon Fon First Year Group 1: Monday 19 January 2009 2-5pm Group 2: Wednesday 21 January 2009 2-5pm Warm up Watch and critique 10-move fight Aikido Rolls Lapel Throw Falls Kneel Straight-back Fall Front Fall Second Year Group 1: Wednesday 21 January 2009 9-11am Group 2: Wednesday 21 January 2009 11-1pm Sword […]
Embedded video from CNN Video Check your props. Always. Community theatres and amateur productions usually don’t even consider hiring a fight director or having a props master who has lots of experience working with guns. The actor who was shot was even a veteran… he should know haw to safety a gun. The important thing […]