[NEohioPAL] Contemporary Stage Combat Training for Adults & Professional Actors

[Dusten Welch via NEohioPAL]

Theatrical Violence for the Contemporary Actor
Stage Combat Training in:
Domestic Violence, Brawls, Knife Fights & Gun Safety
 
Instructed by award-winning fight choreographer Dusten Welch and trained stuntman Steven J. Madden.
 
For actors age 18+
(Participants as young as 16 may join with both parental and instructor permission)
 
Workshop:
 
When:           Tuesdays, 7 – 9 pm
                        June 17 – July 22 (6 weeks)
 
Where:          Coventry Commons (formerly Coventry Grammar School)
                        Ensemble Theater Center
                        2843 Washington Blvd.
                        Cleveland Hts. OH 44118
 
Priced for the working actor:
           
Cost:              $75 (6 weeks)
                        Class size limited to 16.
 
                        Payment in full is required to reserve placement in workshop.
                        Payment is due by Friday, May 30.
 
Please visit the Facebook event page for payment and other information: https://www.facebook.com/events/743002609054393/
Or contact Dusten Welch: dustenw at yahoo.com
 
 
Conflict is an integral part of storytelling. This class is designed to give the actor the necessary skills when dramatic conflict calls for physical violence in the contemporary theatre. The first 3 weeks will cover basic technique for domestic violence and unarmed fighting. The last 3 weeks will develop learned technique into performance quality skills, and integrate knife, gun and other contemporary weapons.
Safety is critical on stage—not only for an actor’s well-being, but also for their confidence and performance consistency.
 

Instructors:
 
Dusten Welch is an award-winning fight choreographer and Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) with over 10 years of stage combat experience. He has choreographed violence for more than 40 theatrical productions including at Great Lakes Theatre, Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, Baldwin Wallace University, Ashland University, the Academy for the Performing Arts, Cleveland School of the Arts, Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory, Solon Center for the Arts and the Ohio Thespian Conference. Dusten is an adjunct professor of stage combat at Baldwin Wallace University; director and instructor of stage combat at the Academy for the Performing Arts; and private acting coach at Solon Center for the Arts. He has trained in Chicago, Las Vegas and Cincinnati under Richard Ryan (Fight Arranger for films: The Dark Knight, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,
 Troy), Chuck Coyle (Fight Director: Broadway and National Tour of August: Osage County) and David Boushey (Fight Coordinator: Highlander: The Series, Co-Founder: SAFD). Dusten holds a BA in Theatre from Ashland University.
 
Steven J. Madden, a formally trained stunt man and personal trainer, began his career in stage combat in 2004. He has studied with the Society of American Fight Directors, is a member of The International order of the Sword and Pen, an Apprentice in The United Stuntmen’s Association and has been a student of Krav Maga for the past three years. Steven has served as stunt coordinator for the films Conversions and Made in Cleveland, as well as fight choreographer for stage productions of Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Peter Pan, City of Angels, Aida, West Side Story, To Kill a Mockingbird and Noises Off. Steven has been taught by such industry professionals as Gavin Wild (Superman Re-turns, Star Wars Episode 3), Rick Skene (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), David Boushey (Blue Velvet; Highlander: the Series), F. Braun McAsh (Highlander: the Series), Kyle Rowling (Spartacus: Blood and Sand; Star Wars Episodes 2
 & 3), Daniel Ford Beavis (InSecurity) and Jason Kehler (Zombieland).
 
 
Questions & Contact:
Dusten Welch
dustenw at yahoo.com
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