FIght Direction
JEFF A.R. JONES has been working as a professional Fight Director for over 25 years. He is professionally credentialed as a Fight Director by the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD). He has staged fights for theatre, opera, film/television/web, dance (pallet and modern), and video games for professional companies and educational institutions at all levels. His fights have encompassed unarmed, various historical styles of swordplay, knife, heavy weapons, comic fights, contemporary violence, found objects, dance and stylization, and a wide range of other forms and weapons. His approach is to create scenes of action driven by character and plot, while respecting the boundaries, identities, and lived experiences of the cast, crew, and audience.
PODCASTS: Hear Jeff discuss combat, consent, and intimacy on these podcasts:
Artist Soapbox, Ep. 164: Care of Community and Company with Jeff A.R. Jones, certified intimacy director
RDU On Stage with Lauren Van Hemert: Live Chat with Stage Combat Academy of North Carolina’s Jeff A. R. Jones
Beltline to Broadway, Ep. 86: Stage Combat and Fight Choreography Explained by Jeff A.R. Jones, Heather Strickland, and Tara Nicole Williams
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