Length:
Version 1: 18 hours (3 weeks). Version 2: 15 hours (4 weeks).
Location:
The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Dates:
Version 1: June 2002 - August 2004. Version 2: September 2004 - August 2009.*
Learner Outcomes:
Version 1 or 2: Apply basic principles and safety factors to unarmed stage combat.
Instruction:
Version 1 or 2: Students engage in exercises to illustrate various concepts, such as body centering and grounding, slaps, punches, chokes, slaps, punches, kicks, and reactions.
Credit recommendation:
Version 1 or 2: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Theatre, Drama, Communications, or Radio and Television (12/02) (7/04 revalidation). NOTE: This course or its former version, (DAN211), and Stage Combat (DAN112) or its former version, (DAN103), are identical. Credit is recommended for the completion of only one course. *NOTE: This course is now grouped with Michael Chekhov Technique for Actors (DAN 223).