The 2007 Paddy Crean Art of the Sword Stage Combat Workshop and Symposium—December 31, 2006–January 06, 2007, Banff Centre for the Arts

Abstract

The symposium focused on exploring historical martial arts, on contemporary movement disciplines that inform the practice of stage combat, and the technologies currently in use in the entertainment industry. This well-attended symposium drew a global body of presenters and participants (a total of about 200 people) and offered a platform for stage combat practitioners, historians and scholars to share and exchange research, methodological approaches and skills. The symposium embraced pluralistic views on stage combat styles and / or techniques, on teaching methodologies, on interpretations of and perspectives on stage combat.