This isn’t your typical class at Texas State; there aren’t any desks, slideshows or textbooks. However, there are passionate students who want to learn how to safely fight for stage and film.
Toby Minor, the Stage Combat instructor for the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas State, teaches students the art and choreography that goes into their favorite violent fight scenes from movies and plays.
Students took turns performing scenes for their midterm exam on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 8 a.m..
Photo story by Rebecca Cole
Toby Minor, State Combat instructor at Texas State University, Oct. 25
Julian Linton, Teaching Assistant, writes down order students will present their midterm.
Minor explains that scenes students have been practicing are the midterm.
Student, Lizzie winds up to act out punching student Kelly Ducat during a scene.
Student, John Horton and Alejandra Jaime roll play a scene from Picnic.
Jaime acts out a kick to Hortons face in their reenactment of Picnic.
Minor & Linton critique performances as students present them to the class for a total of eight groups.
Students Kelly Ducat & Garrett Buss demonstrate how to correctly stage a choke hold during their performance.
Student, Breanna Barker role playing for her midterm with partner Rachel Owens.
Students Micheal Hull and Clate incorporate a fight sequence into a Star Wars scene.
The Art of the Fight: Texas State Stage Combat
By: Addison McKissack
Photo story by Ashley Yosko
Toby Minor, a stage combat instructor in the theatre department at Texas State, along with Jill Linton, teaching assistant, critique midterm performances by students.
Students John Horton and Alejandra Jamie perform a fight scene from Picnic.
Horton and Jaime explained that they love the stage combat class because it makes them feel strong and confident.
Student Kelly Ducat demonstrates how to correctly stage a chokehold on her fellow actor, Garrett Buss.
Ducat and Buss push each other in their fight scene.
Facial expressions are key to portraying true emotions. Ducat’s face shows the pain of the fight during the combat scene.
Student Breanna Barker performs a punch to her acting partner Rachel Owens.
Barker holds Owens down during their midterm fight scene.
Motions and emotions from both Barker and Owens.
Students watching their fellow classmates performances.
A list of all the performers and order of their performances was written out before the class started at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25.
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