Verse and Violence - Fight Choreography for Theatre, Film/TV, and Opera

02/20/2025

I received a Facebook message overnight from a Zbigniew Gabor claiming that this page will be shut down due to “violation of Meta’s trademark rights.” This is an egregiously false claim, as this business name was registered with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts over 20 years ago. This is either an attempt by Meta to force me to pay a monthly fee for the page, OR it’s retribution for my being actively and loudly ANTI-OLIGARCHY on my personal page. Just want that out there in case this page does disappear.

10/25/2019

Currently in Staunton, VA at the 2019 Blackfriars Conference at the American Shakespeare Center. I'm a presenter in today's colloquy on Embedded Performance Studies.

09/02/2019

Coming up - fight choreography for ROMEO AND JULIET at Worcester State University, and WEST SIDE STORY at Harvard.

09/02/2019

Photos from this past summer's project - Praxis Stage's production of HAMLET (which I directed and choreographed.)

06/15/2019

Next project: HAMLET - presented by Praxis Stage. Performances begin on July 5 in Cambridge. See the graphic for all dates, times, and locations.

03/23/2019

02/17/2019

A fascinating look at the lethal aspects of GAME OF THRONES - but also a detailed examination of the uses and depictions of violence and death in large-scale storytelling.
Now do one on the Shakespeare history plays.

Game of Thrones is a popular television series known for its violent and graphic portrayal of the deaths of its characters. This study aimed to examine the mortality and survival of important characters in Game of Thrones. Important characters appearing in Seasons 1 to 7 of Game of Thrones were incl...

09/29/2017

There is NO EXCUSE for this happening. "No injuries" is beside the point - lawsuits need to happen. This is reckless endangerment.

It was a terrible mistake during the filming of a robbery scene in central Indiana; no one was injured.

04/05/2017

, a tool designed to document the dynamic properties of swords and other hand-held weapons. The tool was built by Vincent Le Chevalier, in collaboration with Peter Johnsson who provided design insights and precious sword data, during the preparation of the exhibition