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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.028
EAN num: 9781581154610
ISBN number: 1581154615
Label: Allworth Press
Manufacturer: Allworth Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 240
Printing Date: September 15, 2006
Publishing house: Allworth Press
Release Date: September 15, 2006
Sale Popularity Level: 182884
Studio: Allworth Press
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Product Description:
The most complete guide on an essential stagecraft available!
* Basics and more advanced techniques for the beginner and beyond
* Emphasis on personal safety
* Step-by-step directions and 200 illustrations for combat with and without weapons
Wanna fight, buddy? This comprehensive guide covers everything performers, directors, theater teachers, fight choreographers, and others need to know to stage believable, safe action for theater and other performing arts. From basic falls, rolls, and tumbling to punches, kicks, hair pulls, and head slams, to advanced handling of weapons, Stage Combat provides in-depth instruction for realistic-looking fights and physical comedy. Grappling, slapping, pushing, choking--they were forbidden on the playground, but they’re needed for the play, and they’re all in here. So are basic drills for the quarterstaff, European rapier, and Japanese katana-style swordplay, and much more. Complete with illustrations and step-by-step directions, this book is a must-have for any actor spoiling for a fight--or the appearance of one.
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I got this one out of my local library to use in conjunction with a few other books to learn about stage fighting. It's not a bad book, and it goes into a lot of stuff, like swordplay, hand-to-hand combat, and warm-ups. However, it doesn't go into very much detail at all on some of the moves. Most of the time is spent telling you how to warm up, and some of the warm-ups are really weird. Get Combat Mime: A Non-Violent Approch to Stage Violence for a better understanding of how to do hand-to-hand illusions safely, and leave this one on the shelf.
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Stage Combat: Fisticuffs, Stunts, and Swordplay for Theater and Film
I only needed the book to learn how to slap someone realistically on stage, but it has a lot of other information. I would suggest using it with a practise partner as it is hard to carry out the slap or other combat without a live person to work with. It's more for theater than film.
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Like the cover, the book is beatiful, fresh - just, in my opinion, not very focused on actual stage combat. For a book of 160 pages, it spends a lot of time on warm up, acting exercises, asian weapons and even wires. All of which is qualified information, I just wished that it was more thorough on the actual stage combat, with step-by-step illustrations, clearer structure, and a stronger choice and more devotion to a few points it really wants to make.
While I usually like brief books and books that dare to have their own take on a subject, I felt that this one should be more systematic to help beginners, and more thorough for the advanced student.
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