Fighting for Every BODY
Schedule
Sun May 12 2024 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location
The Noble Blades | Herndon, VA
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$35 RegistrationMembers of the BIPOC community receive a 15% discount.
(use code VTHF65 at checkout)
This class is 18 +
Taught by Mallory Shear
Stage Combat is for performers of all body types and mobility needs. We ALL have difference in how we move, but that does not mean that we shouldn’t be welcomed into this art form. It just means we need to think a little outside the box with the adaptations we make. There is no “standard” fight for the “standard” fighter. In this class we will take our choreographed fight and adapt it for different mobility needs. Did an understudy come in at the last minute who is in a wheelchair? GREAT – now let’s make the SAME fight work for them. What if our initial actor has limited use of their left arm – fantastic, what creative adaptations can we do in this case?
This is an Intermediate/Advanced Level Class. Previous experience in unarmed required.
Sunday, May 12, 2024 @ 10am to 12noon
at the Reston Players’ Lindsay C. Petersen Rehearsal Hall
266 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va 20170
Mallory Shear is a DC based Fight & Intimacy Choreographer, Performer and Teaching Artist. Select Fight and Intimacy Choreography credits at Arena Stage, Olney Theatre, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Keegan Theatre, We Happy Few, Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory, Iron Crow Theatre, Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, and The Strand Theatre. With over two decades of teaching experience, they have taught and choreographed at learning institutions such as American University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, McDaniel College, The Madeira School, Holton Arms, The Landon School, and Howard Community College, among many others. They are a Resident Teaching Artist with Signature Theatre, and also teach with The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, Adventure Theatre, and Imagination Stage. Select Performance Credits: Washington National Opera, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Adventure Theatre, Live Action Theatre, Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, The Strand Theatre, Horwitz Performing Arts Center, Maryland Renaissance Festival, et al. They were the recipient of The Kennedy Center ACTF Certificate for Excellence in Fight Choreography in 2019. They are an Advanced Actor Combatant with the SAFD, an Intermediate Actor Combatant with FDC, and did their stunt training in the UK and Ireland. Mallory has had the immense honor of teaching at many regional stage combat workshops, serving as Head TA at The Summer Sling, and Assistant Coordinator/Head TA at the VA Beach Bash. Mallory is a proud associate member of SDC, a board member of The Noble Blades and Owner/Founder of ShearCombat, LLC.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the class, payment, COVID safety, or any other topic, please email [email protected] or contact us here.
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