Combat Therapy! - The Maids Tragedy

Participants from all over the US and abroad came together in New York City July 5th-11th, 2010 to train for one intensive week with the Art of Combat company in the skills needed to create extraordinary fights for stage and screen. This is one of the scenes that participants worked on throughout the week which culminated in a show performed in New York City at the Access Theatre (380 Broadway)

The show was called "Combat Therapy!" and was a collection of fight scenes ranging from Shakespeare to Happy Gilmore. Each scene is performed with a twist and choreographed in the unique style of AoC fight directors. The fights were directed by: Brian Brockenshire, Jared Kirby, John Lennox and Scott Schultz and the scenes featured : Brian Brockenshire, Carol Crittenden, JT Maclay, Colin Remillard, Maya Santandrea, Scott Schultz, James Sherrill, Joe Suba, and Ceris Thomas.

This scene was taken from:
The Maids Tragedy -- (Director's Concept - Elizabethan England)
Jared Kirby - FD
JT Maclay -- AFD
Ceris Thomas - Aspatia
JT Maclay - Amintor

This workshop is an immersion into the AoC company which has been actively transferring historical combat styles to stage and film for over a decade. Members are trained in historical combat styles and learn how to make them safe and replicable for stage and screen. Our training and expertise has enhanced theatre, film and TV with authentic and realistic combat sequences all around the world.
The week is structured so that you will get the most out of it. You can register at one of three levels, based on your skill level and what you want to learn: "Combatant", "On Track" or "Fight Director". For more information go the Art of Combat website. Video shot and provided by Absolutely Perilous; a freelance design studio specializing in visual FX and fight/stunt photography.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Art of Combat
• Fight Directing
• Combat for Stage
• Combat for Screen
• Film Fighting
• Stage Combat
• historical combat
• western martial arts
• Jared Kirby
• John Lennox
• Brian Brockenshire
• Carol Crittenden
• JT Maclay
• Colin Remillard
• Maya Santandrea
• Scott Schultz
• James Sherrill
• Joe Suba
• Ceris Thomas
• Absolutely Perilous