Before each performance of Macbeth, Assistant Fight Choreographer Maddy Emerick ’16 (Macduff) runs the cast through each fight sequence in the show. Check out the video below to see her fight with Woodrow Proctor ’16 (Macbeth) before the final dress rehearsal.

Emerick says of the show’s combat, “Macbeth really runs the gamut. It has intimate moments of violence as well as big battle sequences… There’s been a study at Harvard that concluded that the human body doesn’t know the difference between fighting on stage and in real life, so in order for the actor to have a true emotional journey and be able to remain safe and keep their acting partner safe, it is of the utmost importance that their bodies get acclimated to doing the movements. We begin layering in the intention once the form is safely settled in the body.”

Macbeth, directed by Holly L. Derr, runs through December 6th. Purchase tickets here: http://tiny.cc/8wwu5x

Video Edited by Aaron Ardisson ’16