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Michael D. Moody
Actor/Combatant

AGE: 23 HAIR: Dark Brown
HEIGHT: 5'9" EYES: Dark Brown
WEIGHT: 165 lbs. VOICE: Baritone

Email: moodyblues49648@cs.com
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            Education:
 
Alma College, Alma, MI   Graduated 2006, B.A
Boarshead Theatre, Lansing, MI   Independent Technical Study co-op
 
FIGHT DIRECTION / STUNT COORDINATION:

Project
Position
Weapon / Combat Style
Company
The Many Deaths of Shakespeare
Asst. Fight Director
Longsword/ Halberd
Lansing Community College

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Asst. Fight Director

Hand-to-Hand/improvised weapons/dagger/shortsword/broadsword/longsword/quarterstaff
 

Sacred Heart Academy Theatre Department

TEACHING:
 
Lansing Community College - Lansing, MI
 Semester course: Stage Combat - Adjunct Professor- 2007

AoC - Lansing Chapter
Workshop: German Longsword
Workshop: German Polearms

International Swordfighting & Martial Arts Convention

Seminar: Singlestick - TA for Paul Macdonald

 
 
 
 
Training & Education:

Instructor(s)
Subject
Date
Stefan Dieke
Master Class: Modern Self-Defense Application of German Knightly Combat 
ISMAC, July 2007
Stefan Dieke
Tom Leoni
Longsword Master Class Block
ISMAC, July 2007
Stefan Dieke
Zwerchau and Friends: German Longsword Applications
ISMAC, July 2007
Stefan Dieke
Meyer's Rapier
ISMAC, August 2006
Stefan Dieke
Tom Leoni
Maestro Paul Macdonald
Polearms Master Class Block: German Polearms, Italian Partisan, Scottish Staff
ISMAC, August 2006
Stefan Dieke
German Longsword
ISMAC, August 2006
 
Silver's Sword in One Hand
September 2005
Maestro James Loriega
Introduction to the Navaja Sevillana
ISMAC, August 2005
Ken Pfrenger
Basics of Petter Wrestling
ISMAC, August 2005
Ken Pfrenger
Tim Ruzicki
Basics of Mendoza Boxing
ISMAC, August 2005
Gary Chelak
Italian Rapier of Nicoletto Giganti
ISMAC, August 2004
John Lennox
Boarding Weapons: Sabre, Cutlass, Boarding Axe, Knife
August 2004
Jeff Kolman
Tom Tomlinson
Wing Chun Kuen
2003-Present

PRIMARY WEAPONS STYLES:

Italian Rapier
Italian Rapier
& Dagger
Medieval European Polearms
German Longsword
Hand-to-Hand:
Modern Sport Wrestling
Hand-to-Hand:
WingChun Kuen
Hand-to-Hand:
Street Fighting
  
 

Directing experience:
 
Misreadings Director 2005 Alma College

Acting experience:
 
Film:
 
Circles Albert 2007 Drop the Fork Films
Last Night Out Bill 2005 Drop the Fork Films
 
stage:
 
The Many Deaths of Shakespeare Todd Lowert 2006 Lansing Community College
Extremities Raul 2006 Alma College
Major Barbara Peter Shirley 2005 Alma College
A Flea in Her Ear Augustine Ferraillon 2005 Alma College
Book of Days Boyd Middleton 2005 Alma College
The Trickster of Seville Don Pedro 2005 Alma College
Daniel on a Thursday Kevin 2004 Alma College
The Crucible Ezekiel Cheever 2004 Alma College
Country Club Hutch 2004 Alma College
All About Al Lenny 2003 Alma College
Our Country's Good Tench/Arscott 2003 Alma College
Measure for Measure Elbow 2003 Alma College
The Three Musketeers Cardinal's Guard 2002 Lansing Community College
Romeo and Juliet Abram 2001 Sunsets With Shakespeare
Crisscross Jason Poole 1999 Boar's Head Theatre
Inspecting Carol Luther Beatty 1998 Boar's Head Theatre
 
Technical Theatre/Costuming expereince:
 
Months on End Assistant Stage Manager/ Electrician Alma College
Dancing at Lughnasa Carpenter/Set Painter Alma College
Major Barbara Carpenter/Set Painter Alma College
A Flea in Her Ear Carpenter/Set Painter Alma College
Book of Days Carpenter/Set Painter Alma College
The Trickster of Seville Carpenter/Set Painter Alma College
The Heidi Chronicles Carpenter/Set Painter Alma College
The Crucible Costumer Alma College
Country Club Carpenter/Set Painter Alma College
Boy's Life Carpenter/Set Painter Alma College
Our Country's Good Carpenter/Set Painter Alma College
Measure for Measure Carpenter/Set Painter Alma College
The Rimers of Eldritch Carpenter/Set Painter Alma College
Romeo and Juliet Carpenter/Set Painter Sunsets With Shakespeare
Closer than Ever Lightboard Operator Boar's Head Theatre
Gross Indecency Soundboard Operator Boar's Head Theatre
 
Awards:
 
2002 MEAP award
2002 Tartan Academic Award Scholarship- Alma College
2002 Distinguished Trustee Theatre Scholarship- Alma College
 
related skills:
 
Horizon System lightboard operation, Windows/MAC user, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
 
other skills:
 
German language (non-fluent), Cockney and Standard British Dialects, carpentry, scene drafting, stage combat (various styles and weapons; armed and unarmed)
 
interests:
 
Acting, literature, cinema, history, classic rock, nude modeling, sushi, mixology, martial arts (6 years, various Eastern styles), surfboarding, swimming, yoga
 
 
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