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Monday, 28 March 2005 |
 Unique, exciting and historically accurate fight sequences
were key to the magic of the Highlander television series. Week
after week, actor after actor, F. Braun McAsh rose to the challenge of
choreographing a new and engaging fighting style for guest stars who
more often than not had no previous fight training.
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Monday, 28 March 2005 |
 The Dashing Blades Motion Capture Dramatics division was happy to take part in the Vancouver Film School’s first-ever motion capture course early in 2005. Working with students in the new Game Design stream, Dashing Blades member Sebastien de Castell lead the class through the logistics of creating choreographed violence for video game cut scenes. |
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Monday, 28 March 2005 |
 Not every production needs a large-scale solution. When Electronic Arts
was gearing up for the motion capture shoots for their Lord of the
Rings: The Third Age video game, they realized that their actors needed
help handling weapons for the motion capture cut scenes. Dashing Blades
provided a one-day solution that provided the training the production
needed without putting a burden on the schedule or the budget.
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Monday, 28 March 2005 |
 Dashing Blades was particularly excited at the opportunity to work with
this production of Richard III in the West End of London England - a
play which, in itself, always poses unique obstacles. A cast of 30
untrained fighters, a first time director and only three weeks of
rehearsal meant challenging times ahead for the DB team, who were able
to nonetheless exceed the expectations of cast, crew and discerning
audience members.
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Wednesday, 25 May 2005 |
We at Dashing Blades are tickled pink to announce our nomination for an
"Outstanding Artist Achievement" Jessie Award this year for Fight
Direction. We would like to thank all of the
actors involved in the fights for all their hard work and the Vancouver
theatre community in general for their continued support and
appreciation of our work. We are grateful for this honor and we hope it
will demonstrate that high caliber fights are within reach of all
theatre productions, both great and small. Keep fighting...
Sincerely,
Dashing Blades
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Monday, 28 March 2005 |
 Dashing Blades has recently completed the choreography and fight
direction for One Night Castle's production of Goodnight Desdemona
(Good Morning Juliet) playing march 23rd to April 9th at Presentation
House Theatre.
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Monday, 28 March 2005 |
 Theatre in the round? Outdoor stage? 35 degree heat and 35 green fighters?
No problem.
Shakespeare's Gladiator Games, produced by Toronto's Upstart Crow Theatre Company was just another day at the office for Dashing Blades. Well, another day at the office four time zones away...
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Tuesday, 29 March 2005 |
 Skating that ever-fine line- where the audience is terrified
for the life of the character, but never afraid for the life of the
actor- the climactic dual at the end of this play gives just the right
spice to the show.
With two dedicated actors to our credit, Dashing Blades embarked upon
creating the most exciting and realistic battle between two
excruciatingly foppish characters seen in these parts for a while.
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