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Ashland Center for Theatre Studies

A La Carte Course

Stage Combat

July 26-31, 2009

Ashland, Oregon 

A week-long, 3-credit, graduate level course geared toward high school and community college theatre educators, covering an introduction to stage combat basics and choreographic techniques:

• Learn physical warm-ups from akido, yoga, and other disciplines
• Discover trust, safety, partnering, and distance exercises
• Develop basic hand-to-hand combat skills
• Get a taste of partnered, armed-combat work
• Explore how to act a fight and add realistic vocalizations during a stage fight
• Build choreography skills while creating your own stylized and non-realistic fights
• Investigate ways to use a fight director as part of the design team
• Discuss special issues such as young performers, red-light fever, kills, mass battles and brawls, blood, and specific contemporary and period plays
• Address safety, liability issues, weapon selection and maintenance, and qualifications and certifications of fight directors
• View and analyze Oregon Shakespeare Festival productions of The Servant of Two Masters and Macbeth

Faculty

Chris Duval, OSF Actor and Fight Captain
Maggie McClellan, SOU Acting and Movement Faculty

Here's what our students say:

• "Exceeded my expectations. I especially liked the idea of stylizing combat concepts."
• "I loved the practicality and the emphasis on safety and creativity."
• "Amazing amounts of information that I can take directly into the classroom and feel confident and comfortable."
• "Both teachers were well prepared, supportive, energetic, fun, and passionate about what they do."

Daily Schedule

Evening Schedule 2009

Application Information

Application deadline is postmarked March 2, 2009. Space is limited to twenty students.

Prerequisite: Bachelor's degree or permission of the instructor. ACTS Master of Theatre Studies students get first priority. This course may serve as one of the required additional 3-credit courses toward the Master of Theatre Studies degree.

Complete the A La Carte Application Form (available in November) and include application deposit and resume. Note: ACTS Master of Theatre Studies applicants do not need to send additional deposit and resume; simply check the box on the Master of Theatre Studies Application Form indicating you also want to attend this course.

We will send notification letters postmarked no later than March 19, 2009. At that time we will send you your pre-session assignment. You will be billed separately by SOU for your tuition and housing.

Fees

Tuition $870
Materials/tickets $129

An application deposit of $50 ($80 if application postmarked after March 2, 2009) must accompany your application if you are not also applying for the Master of Theatre Studies.

Room and Board

Single room $324
Double room $219
Meal plan $162

Cancellation and refund policy

Once you are accepted, all but $50 of your payment ($80 if application received after March 2, 2009) will be refunded if written notice of cancellation is received by May 29,2009. From May 30 to June 30, 2009 we will refund 50 percent of fees. No refunds will be made after June 30, 2009.

The Ashland Center for Theatre Studies is a program of the SOU Department of Theatre Arts. The SOU Department of Theatre Arts offers an outstanding undergraduate theatre program with BFA, BA, and BS degrees in theatre. SOU is the designated Center of Excellence in the Fine and Performing Arts in the Oregon University System.