Taste of Violence Stage Combat Workshop: Winter 2024

Sat Jan 25 2025 at 11:00 am to 05:00 pm UTC-05:00

3916 Locust Walk | Philadelphia

Argent Combat
Publisher/HostArgent Combat
Taste of Violence Stage Combat Workshop: Winter 2024
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Try three different Stage Combat disciplines: Unarmed, Knife, and Cloak & Rapier!
About this Event

Ages 18+ | (16+ with signed Parent/Guardian Consent)
Due to the nature of this course, all students must be fully vaccinated upon enrollment. For more information on this and other requirements, .

All of Argent Combat’s Stage Combat classes emphasize a nonviolent approach to stage violence as well as the actor’s rights and responsibilities when required to perform fight scenes. Our Classroom Decorum and Conduct can be found here.

Each class in this workshop will begin with a physical warm-up and will focus on one of the three listed Stage Combat disciplines. J. Oliver Donahue, a Certified Instructor with the Society of American Fight Directors and Fight Directors Canada, will lead these classes with the help of Argent Combat's team of accomplished demonstration assistants.

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What is Stage Combat?
Stage Combat refers to all acts of conflict, danger, and violence performed for entertainment. A slap to the face, a fall down some stairs, an epic fifteen-person battle with swords and axes - all of these are examples of stage combat. More than just set moves, true stage combat uses violence to tell a story, just as dance choreography, set design, or costuming can.
What is a Taste of Violence workshop?
Our Taste of Violence Workshops are arranged the same way a flight of beer or a charcuterie board is: They are an assortment of different stage combat disciplines served together over the course of a day for folks to sample. This "flight of fights" is a fun way for curious artists and enthusiasts to sample different stage combat disciplines before committing to a full Society of American Fight Directors certification course.
Who is Argent Combat?
Argent Combat is a Philadelphia-based organization of students, performers, choreographers, and instructors of Theatrical Violence and Stage Combat. We are dedicated to promoting safety and fostering the excellence and proficiency of action-oriented entertainment.
To learn more about who we are and about our mission, you can check out some of our media appearances at this link!
Who is Our Instructor?
J. Oliver Donahue is a Philadelphia-based performer and choreographer. He is also a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors and Fight Directors Canada. Oliver spends most of his time choreographing violence and teaching actors technical, safe, and performative methods of exploring violent impulses on stage. His body of work includes collaborations with Bristol Riverside Theatre, Irish Heritage Theatre, Allens Lane Theatre, Sewer Rats Productions, Jackpine Productions, Eastern University, the University of Pennsylvania, St. Joseph's University, Lebanon Valley College, Temple Theatre’s Sidestage, GDP Productions, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses at The Booth Theatre.


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3916 Locust Walk, 3916 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, United States

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