The Art of Knife Fighting for Stage and Screen: An Actor's and Director's Guide to Staged Violence

ISBN-13: 9780367707606 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 168 str.

Erick Vaughn Wolfe

Opis

The Art of Knife Fighting for Stage and Screen: An Actor’s and Director’s Guide to Staged Violence provides detailed information for the safe use of knives and daggers in a theatrical setting and an in-depth understanding of safe theatrical weapons.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The Elements of Theatrical Violence  3. Holding the Weapon & Stances  4. Footwork and Body Dynamics  5. Basic Attacks  6. Blocks, Deflections & Checks  7. Grabs, Locks & Disarms  8. Threats, Cuts, Murders & Suicide  9. Adding Flair  10. Final Thoughts for Actors and Directors

O autorze

Erick Vaughn Wolfe is the current Chair of Theatre, Co-Director of Musical Theatre, and Program Director for the Arts Management and Leadership program at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri. He earned his BFA in Performance from Oklahoma Central University, and his MFA in Film and Theatre Directing from the University of New Orleans. He is a certified teacher with both the British Academy of Dramatic Combat (BADC) and Academy of Performance Combat (APC). Erick has been working in film, theatre, opera, ballet, and musical theatre for over 20 years as a fight choreographer, stunt performer, and director. After running his own stage combat training centre for 10 years, Erick traveled around teaching combat and movement across the United States and the United Kingdom before entering into teaching at the university level.