PCS Fall Teen Academy: Stage Combat
Theatrical stage combat is the illusion of violence. Professional stage combat choreographers and certified instructors Kristen Mun-Van Noy and Adam Mun-Van Noy lead these Fall Teen Academy sessions where teens will learn the necessary skills and techniques that performers use to "fight & die" onstage night after night. The class on November 2 will focus on hand to hand skills like slaps, punches, actions and reactions, and the class on November 16 will focus on basic knife work. Students can sign up for just one or both!
This class is for students in grades 9 through 12.
Class is limited to 16 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.
Adam grew up in the Pacific Northwest studying as a Graphic Artist and Designer. After meeting and studying under multi award-winning Kristen Mun, he dove head first into the craft of Fight Choreography and Violence Design. He has been choreographing and training with Kristen for over eight years, and assisted at many local high schools, colleges, theatres and also 2 films in the Portland area. They married in August 2022 and now make quite an effective husband-wife choreo team.
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