PCS Fall Teen Academy: Stage Combat
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View Upcoming EventsTheatrical stage combat is the illusion of violence. Professional stage combat choreographer and certified instructor Kristen Mun-Van Noy leads this Fall Teen Academy session where teens will learn the necessary skills and techniques that performers use to "fight & die" onstage night after night. Classes will focus on hand to hand skills like slaps, punches, actions and reactions, as well as basic knife work and swordplay.
This class is for students in grades 9 through 12.
Class is limited to 12 participants.
Kristen was born and raised on the island of Oahu and has worked as a fight choreographer, stage manager, and teacher in the Portland theater community for the past eight years. She graduated with a B.F.A. from Southern Oregon University and has worked professionally with Portland Center Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre, Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Profile Theatre, Defunkt Theatre, and many more. She has been recognized for her fight choreography four times by the Portland Drammy's and is a proud AEA stage manager.
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