From one surprise slap, to a twelve-actor battle: you need fight choreography. My emphasis is the character behind the combat-- the why that motivates each hit, parry, or attack, and making sure bodies fit the choreo rather than other way around.
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My specialty is in western swordplay. I'm a certified combatant through the British Association of Stage and Screen Combat (BASSC) in Sword & Shield, Broadsword, & Swashbuckling, and through the British Academy of Dramatic Arts (BADC) in Single sword, Unarmed, Sword & Dagger, Case of Rapiers, Quarterstaff, Cagefighting, Cloak & Rapier, & German Longsword.
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I've interned with fight choreographer Jon Toppo at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and trained for several years with RC-Annie, resident fight team for the RSC and The Globe Theatre in London. To bolster my choreography I've practiced HEMA smallsword technique, and currently study Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
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I've choreographed fights and taught in the
Bay Area (WEST Performing Arts, CYT, Berkeley Rep Players, Terra Nova High School, Cabrillo College PAC, All About Theatre, UCSC,),
Ashland (Randall Theatre, Southern Oregon University),
& Chicago (Chicago Children's Theatre, Theatre Above the Law, Northbrook Youth Theatre).
Josephine has trained predominantly in London, with RC-Annie (who provide fight work for the RSC) and Independent Drama Ltd.
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Most recent fight work includes...
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She Kills Monsters (Renegade Theatre Co., 2026)
Misery (Actor's Theatre, 2025)
She Kills Monsters (Pacific Collegiate School, 2024)
She Kills Monsters (Terra Nova High School, 2023)
Swordplay Scene Study class (Gateway School, 2023)
Heartless fight club workshop series (2023)
Teatro Oscuro (GIH project, 2023)
GRIMM (Theatre Above the Law, 2022 & 2021)
Stage combat workshop (Chicago Children's Theatre, 2022)
Combat for the Stage (Northbrook theatre camp, 2022)
Cyrano de Bergerac (GIH, 2018)
The Rover (Southern Oregon University, 2018)