by Alex Craddock | February 7, 2018 | CombatCon(versations)
Or maybe “The Wickening”. I’ll workshop it. 2017 was an awesome year for action in TV and movies. I wanted to take a look at what (in my opinion, he said with a giant grain of salt) were some of the best action sequences or fight scenes to come out...
by Alex Craddock | April 17, 2017 | CombatCon(versations)
“You _____ like a girl!” The boilerplate insult of child sexism everywhere. At least, it used to be. The times they are a-changing. Finally. Sort of. Recently, I had the privilege of attending the Paddy Crean Workshop in Banff, Alberta, CA – the...
by Alex Craddock | March 13, 2017 | CombatCon(versations)
There’s a particular feeling I get when I sit down to write a blog here. It’s not necessarily the same as stage fright, but I’m of the opinion it comes from a similar place. Putting something creative or opinion-based out into the world always comes...
by Alex Craddock | February 1, 2017 | CombatCon(versations)
There is a terrible, terrible memory I have. It’s from early on in my physical performance career – I was choreographing my very first fight, and I thought it was just wonderful. It had showstopping moves, it had rhythm, it had all sorts of technical...
by Alex Craddock | May 30, 2016 | CombatCon(versations)
So you’re an actor. You delve into the strange places that character development can take you, learning odd habits and adapting them into the tiny window we get to view your character through for the brief engagement we have with them in a play or a film....
