masterclass series, public program

OzAsia Masterclass: The Craft of Fight Choreography with Maria Tran

All images: Anna Kucera.

Masterclass

When: Tuesday, October 25, 4-6pm

Where: AC Arts, Rehearsal Studio, Level 3, 23 Light Square, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $30 (+ booking fee)

Studio open at 3:45pm, please arrive then to check in and warm up.


The Mill in partnership with OzAsia Festival present a masterclass with Maria Tran exploring action fight choreography and stage combat.

Maria Tran is touring to Adelaide to perform in ACTION STAR as part of 2022 Oz Asia Festival.

About the masterclass:

The central focus is to give opportunities for artists to explore themselves performatively through the format of action fight choreography and stage combat. Creatives will unpack leadership skills, courage, kindness, and what being strong and taking action means. Skills include improvisation, voice and movement devising, acting, and creating group work scenes.

Experience level:

16+, any level or experience welcome.

  • Maria has a Bachelor in Psychology, Western Sydney University and a Certificate IV in Workplace Training & Assessment. She has conducted over a dozen workshop classes in leadership, digital media, creativity, business and entrepreneurship, public speaking and presenting, and acting and performance training for individuals, groups, face-to-face and online, particularly amongst culturally diverse communities.

    Her role as Youth Digital Cultures Coordinator with Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE) 2007-2009 led to the activation amongst young people of colour through digital art activism & performance. Since then, she’s designed, implemented, and ran over 100 workshops in Western Sydney and across Australia. Her workshops centre on creativity, psychology, stage combat and fight choreography, acting and performance, self-care, exploring passions, public speaking and presentation, project management, communication, community and cultural development practices, life as an artist, and many more. She currently co-facilitates at Acting For Mindfulness, a training program tailored for artists from culturally diverse backgrounds and descent navigating the acting & performative industries.