Reality First - Combat, Violence and Aggession

Teaching of combat and violence for stage and fight direction, based upon the teachings of John Waller, which have been used for over 40 years. This approach has been used by a number of fight teachers and directors. It is currently actively being taught by Jonathan Waller, Kristina Soeborg, Rodney Cottier, Jonathan Mitchell as well as many others, in the UK, and across the world from Italy to Mexico...

Monday 27 June 2011

In productions

I have been working on a couple of the final year showings at LAMDA, Arcadia and The Talented Mr Ripley.
The action is not particularly involved, one is really doing the job of Fight Director, where one is directing the scene from the perspective of the characters. You are looking at who the character is, the context of the situation and then guiding them to find their way through it.
It is always interesting to see who functions well when it comes to this aspects. People who have been quite skilful with the more technical requirements of stage combat may not get this. Others who maybe were less apt in the training might well find they "get it" now.

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