BATTLEGROUND: CHOREOGRAPHER EXPLAINS THE ART OF STAGE FIGHTING

By Kevin Opsahl,
The Herald Journal
Published: Saturday, July 26, 2014

Stefan Espinosa of the Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre was talking to patrons about fight choreography on Tuesday when one of the festival artists walked in and announced he had a beef with Espinosa.

Samus Haddad said he had scheduled a time to use the Dansante rehearsal hall, and Espinosa was not supposed to be there. Things got ugly very quickly.

It started with a shove. Then the two men grappled. There were chokeholds, strangling and Espinosa even got a “head slam” on the sound equipment nearby. It looked ugly.

Turns out it was not ugly; just a demonstration.

Click here to read the complete article »