On 09/12/2020 20:54, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 16:31:19 +0000, S Viemeister
>> On 09/12/2020 15:41, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>> On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 13:29:02 +0000, S Viemeister
>>>> Interestingly, the bleeding episodes only involved the men in the class
>>>> - when they failed to follow the choreography laid out by the fencing
>>>> master, a Hungarian emigre named Geza Gazdag. None of the women had any
>>>> problems.
>>> BFA theater program I was in only had fencing training...I guess here
>>> in the US they expected more Rostand and Dumas....
>> Ah, but this _was_ in the US! I studied at the American Academy of
>> Dramatic Arts in Manhattan.
>
> My kids went there for years when they were young for weekend classes!
>
Younger sister did those weekend classes, too. I was in the full-time
'grown-up' program.

> My program was in the US, too, but a Uni program with which I parted
> ways when we disagreed about requirements....they insisted on one
> production per semester and I had just gotten my Equity card and was
> working already and begged them to use that as course fulfillment. Ah
> well..
>
There are a lot of idiots out there!