The official announcements are out. Our stage combat instructor David McCormick is slated to teach Basic level Sword at this year's Fight Directors Canada National Workshop. It will be held in Montreal, at Concordia University.
Here's the official news:
Fight Directors Canada
in association with the
Concordia University Department of Theatre
Presents
The 2013 National Certification Workshop
Fight Directors Canada is the National Certification body dedicated to the teaching and development of Dramatic Combat for stage and film in Canada.
Also the Professional Fight Directors Association, FDC works with its professional Colleagues and Post-Secondary partners to offer internationally recognized accreditation in the art form.
Training Programs
The FDC Nationals in Montreal this year offers 5 levels of certification programs in 15 weapon systems, from rapier to Broadsword and Shield, from Unarmed combat to Found Weapons (whatever you find). All FDC Courses and levels are designed for actors, directors, choreographers, drama and movement educators and combat enthusiasts.
FDC and its Standards are taught in all major College and University Drama Programs from coast to coast and their members work in every professional theatre company in the country.
Educating and Creating Chaos for 20 years
JULY 13-28, 2013 IN MONTREAL
Come and join us! For more information visit
www.fdc.ca
or contact Christopher Mott, National Workshop Coordinator at
Nationals@fdc.ca
Faculty
FM Simon Fon
FM Todd Campbell
FM Dan Levinson
FM JF Gagnon
FD Casey Hudecki
FI David McCormick
FI Tiffany Antoniuk
FI Kevin Robinson
FI Siobhan Richardson
FI Karl Sine
FI Mike Dufays
FI Chris Mott
Journey persons
AAC Terri McIntyre
AAC Nicolas Santillo
More Details
I know the two essential questions are: 1. What's the Cost? 2. How do I register? Both of those are on the FDC Nationals page (the tuition depends on your level of certification).
Head of Stage Combat at Academie Duello and certified Instructor with Fight Directors Canada. Head of Bartitsu at Academie Duello, the longest continuously running Bartitsu program in the world. Read more from David McCormick.