The Violence Design Lab is the podcast destination for fight choreographers, theatre directors, stage combatants, actors, teachers of theatre, or anyone interested in the art of stage combat who wants to learn to design violence for theatre. Join me for weekly advice and tips on how to create better designs, act fights more convincingly, and use the power of stage combat more effectively in your directing project!
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The Violence Design Lab is the podcast destination for fight choreographers, theatre directors, stage combatants, actors, teachers of theatre, or anyone interested in the art of stage combat who wants to learn to design violence for theatre. Join me for weekly advice and tips on how to create better designs, act fights more convincingly, and use the power of stage combat more effectively in your directing project!
Today on episode #22 of the Violence Design Lab podcast, I'm discussing a book I think every violence designer and fight choreographer needs on their bookshelf: Meditations on Violence by Sergeant Rory Miller. I consider it a foundational work for those on our field, so I want to make sure you're up to speed on it.
This book is a great asset and if you haven't read it, there's an Amazon link at the bottom of the show notes to help you find it. I don't claim that everything Miller says is gospel truth (and even he tells you to disregard things that fly in the face of your experience or common sense), but the book is worth the price just for the thoughts about the nature of violence that I guarantee it will provoke in you. And after all, thinking about the deeper levels of violence, its motivations, its goals, its execution, and its aftereffects, this is what will separate your work from the run-of-the-mill fight choreographer.
Violence Design Lab Podcast
The Violence Design Lab is the podcast destination for fight choreographers, theatre directors, stage combatants, actors, teachers of theatre, or anyone interested in the art of stage combat who wants to learn to design violence for theatre. Join me for weekly advice and tips on how to create better designs, act fights more convincingly, and use the power of stage combat more effectively in your directing project!
