TH 333 - Stage Combat Fundamentals

Description:
The study and practice of basic skills, techniques, and safety factors used in staging and performing violence for the stage and media. Focus is on falls, rolls, and unarmed combat. May include use of one historical weapon.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: TH 144 or TH 244.

Credits: (3)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Identify and implement a basic vocabulary used for stage combat.
Demonstrate basic safety techniques and their application to stage combat.
Perform automatically basic stage combat techniques taught for each weapon.
Develop confidence in the movement potential of the actors’ body.
Develop physicalized acting skills.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/20/2011

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