So please hire a fight director. You CAN afford it. A qualified fight director will enormously enhance the quality of your show, keep everyone in your building safe, and open your eyes to new perspectives on work that you may, in many cases, have been turning over in your mind for years. When you finally get your hands on Lear (and by “you,” I mean “me”), a fresh perspective on those scenes you’ve been dreaming about blocking for a decade will not only make the violence better, but will provide fresh insights into the entire piece– narrative, themes, and characters.
Interviews with several fight directors and a discussion of the absolute necessity for professional violence direction.
http://bittergertrude.com/2013/05/08/get-it-together-and-hire-a-fight-director/
By Melissa Hillman, Artistic Director of Impact Theatre in Berkeley.
http://bittergertrude.com/2013/05/08/get-it-together-and-hire-a-fight-director/
By Melissa Hillman, Artistic Director of Impact Theatre in Berkeley.