Random Acts of Violence: Bringing John Cage’s Chance Techniques to Fight Choreography and Stage Combatant Acting

Authors

T. Fulton Burns, Marshall UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2010

Abstract

The concept of chance utilized by John Cage is a frightening, exciting, and liberating process for any artist. It was so effective that other musical artists such as Morton Feldman, Earle Brown and Christian Wolff used it. In the world of theatre these concepts are constantly used today by the Neo-Futurists in Chicago and New York in their production of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind and by Improv Troupes throughout the country.

Comments

Copyright © 2010 Society of American Fight Directors. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.

Recommended Citation

Burns, T. Fulton. “Random Acts of Violence: Bringing John Cage’s Chance Techniques to Fight Choreography and Stage Combatant Acting.” The Fight Master, vol. 32, no. 1, 2010, pp. 18-23 & 53.