Danette Baker
SAFD Recognized Advanced Actor Combatant
Phone: E-mail:
Web Page
316-***-**** abqlaz@r.postjobfree.com
www.fightinfierce.com
fight direction/choreography
location
Show weapon Style
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Unarmed/Theatrical Firearms
the grapes of wrath
Opera Kansas, Wichita, KS
Unarmed
amahl and the night visitors
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Unarmed/Found Object
children of eden
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Unarmed/Found Object
desdemona...handkerchief
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Unarmed
freezeframe
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Unarmed
fool for love
workShopS
2010 Kansas Thespian Conference, Wichita, KS
Down, but not out (Falls) Presenter
Crown Uptown Theatre HS Days, Wichita, KS
Little of This, Little of That (Basic Intro to Un- Presenter
armed Stage Combat)
2009 Kansas Thespian Conference, Wichita, KS
Knock em Sock em (Pushes and Punches) Presenter
maSterclaSSeS
Hesston College, Hesston, KS
Unarmed (Punches & Falls)
Rose Hill High School, Rose Hill, KS
Falls
Stage combat coaching
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Gun (Luger)
gedenken
Private Lessons, Wichita, KS
Broadsword
education/training
M.F.A. Ohio University Professional Actor Training Program; Athens, OH
B.A. Wichita State University; Wichita, KS
Society of american fight directors national Stage combat workshops
Advanced Actor Combatant Workshop, North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina - 2009
Certificate of skills proficiency in Smallsword, Sword & Shield, Knife (recommended pass in all three)
Renewal in Unarmed, Broadsword, Rapier & Dagger (recommended pass in all three)
Certificate of completion/pass in the Theatrical Firearms Safety Course
Smallsword with Fight Master Richard Raether and Certified Teacher Bob MacDougall
Sword & Shield with Fight Master k. Jenny Jones and Certified Teacher Paul Dennhardt
Knife with Fight Master k. Jenny Jones and Certified Teacher Paul Dennhardt
Additional Knife Masterclass (FM Mark Guinn), Single Sword Classes (FM J. David Brimmer), Film Fighting
classes (FM Dale Girard), Gun Safety Workshop (FD Geoff Kent), Gun Fighting class (FM Dale Girard)
Intermediate Actor Combatant Workshop, Las Vegas, NV - 2008
Certificate of skills proficiency in Smallsword, Sword & Shield, Knife
Smallsword with Fight Master Drew Fracher and Certified Teacher Tim Bell
Sword & Shield with Fight Master Brian Byrnes and Certified Teacher Denise Hurd
Knife with Fight Master Mike Chin
Additional classes in Single Sword (FM Mike Chin) and Quarterstaff (FM Drew Fracher), Masterclasses in Film
Fighting (SAFD Founder and FM David Bouchey)
Actor Combatant Workshop, North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina - 2007
Recognized Actor Combatant with skills proficiency in Unarmed, Broadsword, Rapier & Dagger
Unarmed with Fight Master J. Allen Suddeth and Certified Teacher Maggie Blakeney
Broadsword with Fight Master David Woolley and Certified Teacher John Tovar
Rapier & Dagger with Fight Master Erik Fredricksen and Certified Teacher Robert Tuftee
Additional class in Quarterstaff (CT Robert Tuftee), Sword & Shield (CT John Tovar), Film Fighting (FM Dale
Girard), Master Class in Single Sword (FM J. Allen Suddeth)
Actor Combatant Workshop, Las Vegas, NV - 2006
Certificate of skills proficiency in Rapier & Dagger, certificate of hours completed in Broadsword & Unarmed
Unarmed with Fight Master Dale Girard and Certified Teacher Neil Massey
Broadsword with Fight Master Richard Raether and Certified Teacher Robert Ek
Rapier & Dagger with Fight Master Chuck Coyle and Certified Teacher Don Preston
Additonal classses in Quarterstaff (CT Neil Massey), Smallsword (FM Mike Chin), Sword & Shield (CT Ray Ro-
driqez), Film Fighting (SAFD Founder & FM David Bouchey), Master Class in Knife (CT Bob MacDougall), and
Master Class: Martial Arts from Reality to Theatricality (FMs Chuck Coyle & Dale Girard)
Society of american fight directors Sanctioned regional Stage combat workshops
Carnage In The Corn, Des Moines, IA - Nov. 2009
Head Intern: Assisted with the following classes:
Basic Smallsword (Amie Root/Certified Teacher Brian LeTraunik)
Street Fighting Single Sword (Certified Teacher Brian LeTraunik)
Instant Choreography (Fight Master Mike Chin)
Smallsword vs. Rapier (Fight Master Mike Chin)
Fashions of Chan (Certified Teacher DC Wright)
Winter Wonderland Workshop, Elgin, IL - Jan. 2009
Renewals in Unarmed and Broadsword (recommended pass in both): Adjudicator J. David Brimmer for both weapons
Took workshop classes in:
Give No Quarter: Rock Em Sock Em Quarterstaff (Certified Teacher Stephen Gray)
Smallsword and Shakespeare (Certified Teacher Jim Stark)
Broadsword Renewal Classes #1 & 2 (Certified Teacher Gregg Lloyd)
Single Rapier vs. Rapier & Cloak (Certified Teacher Paul Dennhardt)
Draw, If you Dare! (Fight Master David Woolley)
Kumdo: The Way of the Sword (Fight Master Dale Girard)
Unarmed Renewal Classes 1 & 2 (Certified Teacher Martin Noyes)
Carnage In The Corn, Des Moines, IA - Nov. 2008
Intern: assisted with classes in Basic Rapier (Fight Master Mike Chin), Basic Knife (Craig Lawrence), Pris de
Fers (Certified Teacher DC Wright), Choke em Out (Fight Director Michael Johnson), Fashions of Chan (Certi-
fied Teacher DC Wright)
Took class in: Shaolin Staff (Fight Master Mike Chin)
Observed lecture/demo class Five Kinds of Violence (Fight Director Michael Johnson)
Winter Wonderland Workshop, Elgin, IL - Jan. 2008
Took workshop classes in:
Hollywood Single Sword a la Paddy Crean (Fight Master J. Allen Suddeth)
High Falls from Low Places (Certified Teachers DC Wright and Neil Massey)
Contact Improv Knife (Certified Teacher Jill Carlson)
Intermediate Rapier & Dagger (Certified Teacher Neil Massey)
Ground Fighting (Certified Teacher John McFarland)
Lightsaber (Fight Master Chuck Coyle)
No, the other left (Certified Teacher Denise Hurd)
Intermediate Broadsword (Fight Master Chuck Coyle)
Winter Wonderland Workshop, Elgin, IL - Jan. 2008 cont.
Took workshop classes in:
Blades Light, Desterity with a Smallsword (Certified Teacher Bob MacDougall)
Intro to Firearms (Fight Director Joseph Travers)
Bullwhip (Certified Teacher Scott Mann)
Dodge City Wrangle, Dodge City, KS - Oct. 2006
Workshop instructors: Fight Master Mike Chin and Certified Teacher Leraldo Anzaldua
Took workshop classes in: (all basic level) Smallsword, Unarmed, Quarterstaff, Knife, Film Fighting
Society of american fight directors sanctioned regional renewal workshop, lincoln, ne - april 2009
Certificate of Renewal in Rapier & Dagger and Knife (basic pass in both): Adjudicator Fight Master David Bouchey
Rapier & Dagger renewal class (Certified Teacher Paul Steger)
Knife renewal class (Certified Teacher Ian Borden)
Assisted Certified Teacher Harris Smith with Unarmed renewal class
Assisted Certified Teacher Ian Borden with Smallsword renewal class
profeSSional organizationS
Association of Theatre Movement Educators
Society of American Fight Directors
Local Representative for the State of Kansas (current)
Special SkillS
Tomiki Aikido (3rd degree brown belt, Instructor Walter Lee), Dancing (Ballet, Jazz), Swimming, Bicycle Riding, Jug-
gling, Licensed Driver, can load and shoot a .22 revolver and semi-automatic