Thursday, May 16, 2013

To Negotiate or Not, That is the Question: An Interview with Fight Director Mark Schryver


Although performing is a huge dimension of the stage combatant’s role, an audience member sees merely an end result of a long process. Several months prior to the performance, a Stage Combatant must respond to “ a fight call” and then negotiate a contract. Without a contract in place, many things could go wrong. So how, as an artist, do you negotiate for the best deal?