For those in the Ithaca area, Jen and I will be performing Thursday evening at Sacred Root Kava Bar as visual entertainment for Jenn Taiga, Krauhl, Notule, and Avoidance’s dungeon synth show. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/5521184401309539 Hope to see a full house there!
I’m teaching two stage combat workshops in December: 1. Disarms: Disarms are a great way to end a fight without death or injury, but introduce their own risks due to changes in distance and potentially flying weapons. We’ll cover techniques for disarming swords, knives, and blunt objects ranging from the flashy (but unrealistic) to martially…
The Kitchen Theatre’s production of “The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up” goes into previews on Sunday. I had the pleasure of working with Shannon and Cory on the moments of physicality and violence in the play, and was super impressed by their professionalism and talent. If you’re in Ithaca, go see it! https://www.kitchentheatre.org/the-two-kids
I’m teaching two stage combat workshops this month: 1. Moving like a Master: Brief intro/review of the basic attacks and parries with a sword, learn a simple sequence, then work on how to add physicality and nuances that convey different levels of skill/background. No experience necessary, some prior exposure to stage combat and familiarity with…
To promote this summer’s Ithaca Shakespeare shows, I wrote the following piece trying to share some context on the weapons we use on stage. One of the innovations of Renaissance drama was the recognition that scenes of physical conflict can convey a character’s virtues, foibles, or identity more vividly than words alone. In ancient…
The tournament in this summer’s production of Pericles may be the most complicated choreography we’ve done in our years of choreographing fights for Ithaca Shakespeare Company. While the text doesn’t even require the tournament to take place on stage, Director Steve Ponton always loves to give the audience a good fight, and we’re happy to…
Jacob K. Lehman 