THEA 230 Stage Combat I

This beginning course instructs students in how to create the illusion of violence for stage and screen including basic instruction in Unarmed (feet, fists, slaps, punches, kicks, falls, and rolls) and Rapier and Dagger (parries, cuts, thrusts and more!) The emphasis is on safe and realistic violence for the stage. Midterm scenes will be performed in the classroom. Final scenes will be performed in a theatre during the final weeks of the semester.

Repeatable: N
Formerly 31-2315
Prerequisites THEA 101 Acting Basic Skills for Non-Acting Majors or THEA 111 Theatre Foundation I: Theatre Making or THEA 120 Comedy Foundations I: Ensemble and Discovery or THEA 141 Musical Theatre Foundations
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3