Stage Combat Workshop - 01/16/2012

Stage combat instruction teaches skills of collaboration, control, rehearsal technique, partnering, goal setting, presentation and evaluation.

Stage combat instruction teaches skills of collaboration, control, rehearsal technique, partnering, goal setting, presentation and evaluation. From prat falls to swordfights, a simple push to an intricate battle, students will learn safe, repeatable techniques of physical comedy and drama. All instruction is approached with an emphasis on safety and technique, emphasizing the importance of acting as the primary tool with which to create the illusion. Bio Theatre Institute at Sage David Bunce, B.F.A., A.E.A., U.U.P., S.A.F.D.: Teacher/Artist-in-Residence David Bunce is a Teacher/Artist-in-Residence with the Theatre Institute at Sage. David was a Teacher/Actor with the New York State Theatre Institute for 27 years and has been an adjunct Professor at Russell Sage College for 19 years. He has performed in London’s West End, Off Broadway, Moscow, Sweden, Italy, the Middle East and in film, television and on radio. Writing credits include the screenplays Incisions, Learning to Fly and Gasoline and Lightning, and a stage adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. David holds a BFA in Acting from Central Connecticut State University and has taught and choreographed stage combat at SUNY Albany, Capitol Repertory Company, SCCC and Upstate Independents. He is a proud member of United University Professions, Actors Equity Association and the Society of American Fight Directors