Paddy Crean Art of the Sword Workshop
From IOSP
| Description: | The theme of this year's workshop will be a celebration of the history and development of Swordplay and Unarmed fighting styles. The workshop will explore classes in historical fighting techniques and styles, stage and film combat techniques and process, contemporary martial arts and movement theory. There will be a focus on how these disciplines have been taught and passed on from teacher to student throughout history. This forum will explore the movement art forms of the part and present and establish a living library to preserve the international body of research that is found in the study of the Art of Stage Combat. There will be classes for every level of participant, from novice to highly advanced. Classes will be suitable for: fight directors, choreographers, actors (stage & screen), historical fencers, teachers, martial artists, modern fencers, scholars and historians. |
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| Who: | Faculty for 2009 to be announced. Invited faculty has included in the past J.P. Fournier (Canada), Peppe Östensson (Sweden), Eric Chen & Debbie Chen (USA), Jonathan Howell (UK), Ramon Martinez & Jeannette Martinez (USA), Eric Fredricksen (USA), Braun McAsh (Canada), Andrew Lupo Sinclair (Italy), Maria Winton (Sweden), Marie-Heleen Coetzee (South Africa), David Boushey (USA), Paul Macdonald (Scotland), David Doersch (USA), Liz Wiley (USA), Paul Gelineau (Canada), Tony Wolf (New Zealand), Jacques Cappelle (Belgium), John Brogan (Canada), Bob Charron (USA), Stefan Dieke (Germany), Stephen Hand (Australia), Michelle Ladd (USA), Bo Thomas (Denmark), Fabio Pires (Brazil), Jared Kirby (USA), Daniel Ford Beavis (Canada), Payson Burt (USA), Kristoffer Jørgensen (Norway), James Loriega (USA), Felicity Steel (Australia), J.F. Gagnon (Canada), Tina Robinson (Denmark), Ian Rose (USA), Nigel Poulton (Australia), Bryce Bermingham (USA), Dan Levinson (Canada), Brad Waller (USA) (List of faculty is subject to change) |
| When: | Monday December 29th, 2008 to Saturday January 3rd, 2009 (plan to be present on the 28th and depart on the 4th) |
| Price: |
Single Accommodation $1380.00 CAD (convert to EUR/USD) |
| Location: | The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB (Canada) |
| More information: | Banff Centre for the Arts Theatre Programs danielfordbeavis@shaw.ca |
| Registration: | Register Online The office of the registrar at the Banff Centre can be reached by calling +1 (800) 565-9989 or by e-mailing registrars_office@banffcentre.ca |
