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Movement in Theater: Fight, Dance, and the Body as Storytelling / PART 5: How the Training Is Different
Another important difference between fight choreography and dance choreography is the training behind each discipline.
5 days ago4 min read
Movement in Theater: Fight, Dance, and the Body as Storytelling / PART 4 — Same Tools, Different Purpose
Fight choreography and dance choreography share many tools: rhythm, timing, spatial awareness, partnering, breath, repetition, ensemble listening, and trust. This is why they can appear similar from the outside. But the purpose of those tools is different.
6 days ago3 min read
Movement in Theater: Fight, Dance, and the Body as Storytelling / PART 3 — Dance Choreography: The Dramaturgy of Embodiment
What dance choreography does that fight choreography does not necessarily do.
Jul 23 min read
Movement in Theater: Fight, Dance, and the Body as StorytellingPART 2 — Fight Choreography: The Dramaturgy of Conflict
What fight choreography does in theater.
Jul 23 min read
Movement in Theater: Fight, Dance, and the Body as Storytelling / PART 1 — The Misconception
Fight choreography and dance choreography both tell stories through the body. But they are not interchangeable disciplines.
Jul 23 min read
Period Costumes and Choreography
In choreography, period costumes change everything.
When choreographing Romeo and Juliet, I have to think not only about what the body can do, but what the costume allows, resists, reveals, or conceals.
Jun 292 min read
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