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This is an advanced workshop designed for working fight directors and experienced actor combatants. Evenings will be filled with useful Happy Hour discussions exploring relevant topics and advice for growing your career as a fight director and teacher.
Daily Schedule
- 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Theatrical Firearms for Actors: The Practical and the Tactical – Taught by Dave Maier
DAI’s newest certification course exploring the safe and realistic handling of firearms on stage and screen. This intensive course provides actors with essential training in the safe and realistic handling of firearms for stage and screen. The class covers firearm safety protocols, basic weapon handling techniques, and the performance of choreographed scenes involving firearms. Emphasis is placed on realism, control, and responsibility, ensuring actors can portray armed characters convincingly and safely in any production environment. No prior firearms experience required.
- 1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Acceptable Risk and Choreography – Taught by Greg Geffrard
Explore the intersection of Theatrical Intimacy and Staged Violence
- 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM: Professional Wrestling and Intimacy Awareness – Taught by Deven MacNair
Step into a workshop that unlocks the artistry at the intersection of theatrical intimacy and staged violence. Together, we’ll dive into the ten essential ingredients of theatrical intimacy choreography, giving you practical tools to set boundaries, cultivate trust, and approach heightened moments with creative confidence. Utilizing a consent-forward lens, you’ll acquire choreographic tools to stage scenes and discover strategies that transform hesitation into empowered collaboration. Join us for this immersive session and leave with best practices you can carry into every rehearsal room.
Tuition
$1000.00 (Housing not included)
Location
Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Registration
Interested? Email Joel Derby at sec@duelingarts.com.
Deadline: November 20, 2025.