DRA 127 - Stage Combat

1. Integrate the fundamental safety protocol necessary to perform stage combat in a consistently healthy manner.
   1. Identify terminology that is fundamental to safety within the practice of stage combat.
   2. Establish consistent use of eye contact with stage combat scene partners prior to engaging in stage combat.
   3. Show the ability to consistently engage in stage combat at the pace prescribed by the instructor.
2. Examine the essential history of how stage combat has been used to enhance storytelling.
   1. Describe effective examples of stage combat as executed for the purpose of forwarding a story.
   2. Discuss the effect of the stage combat in relation to how a person’s physiology would be affected by the maneuvers, should they have happened as described within the imaginary circumstances.
3. Distinguish the historical relevance of the weapon of study for the term.
   1. Classify each part of the weapon being used.
   2. Identify when the weapon was likely used throughout history.
   3. Characterize how the weapon was historically used.
4. Prove that effective stage combat is an aspect of effective storytelling that is connected to the fundamentals of acting.
   1. Discuss the ways stage combat is dependent upon acting fundamentals.
   2. Show an example of stage combat that is also an example of effective acting fundamentals.
5. Practice a wide array of effective, fundamental stage combat maneuvers, independent of dialogue.
   1. Break down fundamental terminology used in the practice of stage combat.
   2. Demonstrate an ability to perform each move of stage combat with precision.
6. Perform one or more scenes where the staged combat feels like truthful behavior within the imaginary circumstances of the story.
   1. Incorporate stage combat into a scene with dialogue in a way that makes the stage combat feel necessary to the story.
   2. Demonstrate an ability to connect stage combat to the fundamentals of acting.