Another long-awaited post about upcoming movies that I think will have great combat. Today, we’ll look at the trailer for the upcoming film Southpaw and compare it to other films in the genre to generate reasonable expectations for its fight choreography and performance. I try to look at the pedigree of the filmmakers to give […]
I was inspired by CBC Ideas podcast “Eureka! Mapping the Creative Mind” to discuss creativity this week. If you have more technological interests, CBC Spark also discussed creativity this weekend. Mainly, I’m distilling the current research into creativity itself, and we’ll talk about applications to both theatrical combat and real fighting at the end. Creative […]
How do you transmit the precise movements of a performance to future performers? As a fight choreographer, I need to plan action scenes and teach them to actors. I need a method of recording human movement. Today, we’ll explore the options of how to write the movements in your choreography so you can best communicate […]
Congratulations to the successful candidates of Academie Duello’s January Combat Acting course. The following students have earned their Basic Actor-Combatant certification with Fight Directors Canada: Sayer Roberts Many of the other students will complete their conditions to satisfy FDC Fight Masters, involving additional hours of training and practice. Conditional Passes Some students receive a “conditional […]
In The Power of an Emotionally Charged Theatrical Fight, an article on Backstage.com, Tim Weske says: [A fight] is a huge moment in the life of a character,” he explains. “He’s facing life and death, and when you’re angry enough or insane enough to pick up a weapon that you’re going to hurt somebody or […]
It’s not Halloween, but I saw a video this week that made me ask myself about performances in which a performer is ostensibly put in mortal danger. When one performer launches a deadly projectile at another performer, is it more impressive as a skill or as an illusion? How close do they have to come […]
For the past two years, Academie Duello and Bard on the Beach have produced a one-night-only showcase of swordplay and Shakespeare. The evening begins and ends with an address by Christopher Gaze, the Artistic Director of Bard on the Beach. Duello’s founder, Devon Boorman, explains historical weapon use in Elizabethan England as well as previous […]