Smallsword - 6-Day Intensive @ RCS
Mon, 07 Apr
|Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
BASSC Professional Certification Course in Smallsword.
Time & Location
07 Apr 2025, 09:00 – 12 Apr 2025, 17:30
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, UK
About the Event
SMALLSWORD
Stage Fight Scotland presents this six-day course in Smallsword for stage & screen. One of the most refined and elegant styles of swordplay, it is swift, beautiful and lethal. Beloved of Scottish sword master Donald McBane, and seen in films and shows like Rob Roy, The Duellists, Pirates of The Caribbean, Wednesday and more, it is the style most associated with modern Olympic fencing.
You will:
Gain practical, hands-on experience putting performance into action with the smallsword.
Learn how to stand, move and fight like the aristocracy. Learn how to manipulate the weapon safely and convincingly in a performance context, for both attack and defence, through a wide range of techniques and applications using consent-based and trauma-informed practice.
Understand how to play characters who are driven to extremes; how movement, body language, voice and expression all affect a performance that requires life or death stakes and kinetic intention.