Remembering Fight Posture
Schedule
Sun Feb 09 2025 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
266 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, VA, United States, Virginia 20170 | Herndon, VA
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$35 RegistrationDiscounts Available - Please contact us to request
This class is 14 +
Taught by Gerard Taylor
This course is designed for actor combatants of any level looking to explore the art of wielding two-handed weapons, combining martial logic with theatrical storytelling.
In this workshop, you will:
-Learn about the subtextual importance of maintaining proper posture and balance.
-Discover how elements of fight posture contribute to effective movement, power generation, and injury prevention.
-Explore how the basic principles of fight posture in one two-handed weapon might transfer to others.
-Gain some proficiency in wielding two-handed swords to create dynamic and convincing combat sequences.
-Understand how to enhance the illusion of danger and realism on stage through integration of fight posture.
Sunday, Feb 9, 2025 @ 10am to 12noon
at the Reston Players’ Lindsay C. Petersen Rehearsal Hall
264 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va 20170
Gerard Taylor (he/him/his) is an award-winning director and multidisciplinary theatre artist based out of the Greater Baltimore region and an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His current creative work and research centers around creating space that preserves history and celebrates culture of the Global Majority.
In 2021 he was named one of Baltimore’s “40 Under 40” by the Washington Business Journal. In 2020, he founded Chesapeake Shakespeare’s Black Classical Acting Ensemble (BCAE), an affinity space for black actors interested in training and exposure of the “classics” and what an expansion of the classical canon may look like today. In 2024, Gerrad joined colleague Lizzi Albert to take on the roles of Co-Artistic Directors of Perisphere Theater in Montgomery County, MD.
He is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association and an Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. He has worked as a fight director with theatres and educational institutions across the country including the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Perisphere Theater, Arena Stage, Studio Theatre, North Carolina A&T, Davidson College, Common Thread Theatre Collective, and the Children's Theatre of Annapolis.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the class, payment, safety, or any other topic, please email [email protected] or contact us here.
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