just in case you want to perfect your stage fighting or your fight writing.... and happen to be any where near IA..
Registration under way for 'Carnage in the Corn' stage combat
workshop
MEDIA CONTACT: Tory Olson, 515-271-1834, tory.olson@drake. edu; Karla
Kash, 515-271-2897, karla.kash@drake. edu
Drake University will host "Carnage in the Corn," a stage combat
workshop sanctioned by the Society of American Fight Directors, Nov.
22-23 in the Harmon Fine Arts Center, 25th Street and Carpenter
Avenue. The workshop is open to the public with registration
required.
"There are not many opportunities to get hands-on stage combat
training anywhere, especially in the Midwest," said Karla Kash, a
member of SAFD and visiting assistant professor at Drake. "This is
going to bring something new, cutting edge and fun to the Drake and
theatre communities. "
Stage combat experts will teach courses such as "Groin Shots are
Funny," Sword vs. Spear," "Gladiators of the English Stage"
and "Duel vs. Ambush." They are:
• Michael Chin -- fight master, fight director and certified
teacher with SAFD
• Michael "MJ" Johnson -- fight director with Epic Theatre, Fluid
Motion, Sonnett Rep and the Lady Cavalier Theatre Company
• Ian Borden -- professor of practice for the Johnny Carson
School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln
• Brian LeTraunik -- fight director and stage combat teacher from
Macomb, Ill.
• D.C. Wright -- fight director and stage combat teacher
Lecture classes also are being offered for people who don't
participate in the physical challenges but are interested in
learning about the history and theory of stage combat from field
experts.
Registration costs for the entire conference are:
• General registration -- $150
• Lecture registration only -- $40
• Drake students, faculty and staff, SAFD members registration --
$35
Participants also can register for a single day. Those costs are:
• General registration -- $80
• Lecture registration only -- $25
• Drake students, faculty and staff, SAFD members registration --
$20
For more information, or to register send an e-mail to
carnageinthecorn@ yahoo.com.
