José Pérez IV Theatre Artist
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    • Say That to My Face
    • Dance Show: A Dance Show
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    • The Ride-Along
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    • The Battle of Taco Hill
    • Street Mystery
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  • Fight Work
  • Intimacy Work
  • Original Works
    • To Battle
    • Very Berry Dead
    • Or Forever Hold Your Peace
    • Quest
    • Portals On Penn
    • Beep Bop Boop
    • Say That to My Face
    • Dance Show: A Dance Show
    • All the Fights!
    • The Ride-Along
    • FIGHTER
    • The Battle of Taco Hill
    • Street Mystery
    • Snowball Battle Field
    • ZOMBIES: A Workshop
    • Dr. Robert's Audio Tour
    • Jog-Jog MP3 Adventure
    • Other Pieces
  • Playwright
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Teaching Expertise

Contact Improv, Grotowski-based actor training, creating original physical theatre, stage combat, Viewpoints, martial arts for the actor, innovative audience modes.

Publications

“Fight Theatre: Experiments in Site-Specific Fights and Audience-Combatants” in The Fight Master: The Journal of the Society of American Fight Directors, Spring Issue 2015.

University Teaching Experience

University of Pittsburgh - Instructor, Grad Student. Classes taught: Special Topics-The Athletic Actor, Acting I, Intro to Performance. Invited lectures: Acting III (Iambic Pentameter), World Theatre I (Religious Ritual Performances of Egypt & Mesoamerica), Stage Combat (Telekinetic Powers Combat).  Fall 2014-Present

University of Central Florida - Teaching Assistant for the undergrad Stage Combat course in Unarmed and Single Sword under Teacher Robert Aronowitz. Jan-April 2014

New York University - Taught Endurance/Instinct and Basics of Stage Combat Workshop for the Experimental Theatre Wing Summer High School Program, July 2011.

Assisting Fight Master J. David Brimmer - Assisted NYU classes: Intro to Stage Combat, Unarmed, Rapier & Dagger, Broadsword, Summer Session. Philadelphia Master Class.  2009- 2011

Professional Teaching Experience

In the LimeLight - Instruction in Playwriting and Stage Combat for young performers aged 10 - 16.  Feb-June 2014

NJ State Thespian Festival - Taught Workshops in Stage Combat: Unarmed. Emphasis on safety measures, partnering, audience awareness, and the "magic tricks" of creating the illusion of violence. March 2014

Downtown Art - Taught Basics of Stage Combat including instinct and knife training. Emphasis on using fight vocabulary as material for dance choreography. Sept 2011

NYC Festival of Young Artists and Leaders - Taught a Basics of Stage Combat Workshop on the street, in the rain. Performed with the cast of FIGHTER. June 2011

Workshops with Fighter Combat Corps - Led Workshops in: Endurance/Strength Training for the Actor, Body Awareness/Instincts, Advanced Telepathic Powers Choreography, Zombie Apocalypse Combat Training and Tactics, The Music of Combat, MP3 Fight Choreography, Creating Site-Specific Fights, Fights on Film, Fighting to Music (Unarmed, Blades), Sparring, Advanced Contact Hits, Basics of Capoeira. Oct 2010- Present

US Performing Arts- Oberlin, Ohio Musical Theater Camp. Mentored the performers during their training period. Taught scene study and basic acrobatics. July 2010

Skills

    Combat
                Capoeira                                             Boxing                                   Street Fighting                              Kick Boxing
                Tae Kwon Do                                   Wrestling                                         GunFu                                Telekinetic Powers
         German Longsword                         Rapier & Dagger                          Found Weapons                               Lightsaber
              Sword & Shield                                       Cloak                                            Knife                                        Bow & Arrow
                   Firearms                                      Staff Weapons                                Tomahawk                                  Singlesword


    Movement
              Air Ram                                                High Falls                                    Acrobatics                             Rock Climbing
               Juggling                                           Contact Improv                              Sky Diving                            Afro-Haitian Dance

               Wall Run                                         Bungee Harness                              Basic Silks                               Aerial Cube
              
(c) José Pérez IV
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  • Home
  • Fight Work
  • Intimacy Work
  • Original Works
    • To Battle
    • Very Berry Dead
    • Or Forever Hold Your Peace
    • Quest
    • Portals On Penn
    • Beep Bop Boop
    • Say That to My Face
    • Dance Show: A Dance Show
    • All the Fights!
    • The Ride-Along
    • FIGHTER
    • The Battle of Taco Hill
    • Street Mystery
    • Snowball Battle Field
    • ZOMBIES: A Workshop
    • Dr. Robert's Audio Tour
    • Jog-Jog MP3 Adventure
    • Other Pieces
  • Playwright
  • Bio