Stage combat, fight craft or fight choreography is a specialised technique in theatre designed to create the illusion of physical combat without causing harm to the performers. It is employed in live
A swordfight from a stage production of Macbeth
The beginning of a staged duel from Act IV of Gounod's Faust
Two opponents face off in a knife fighting rehearsal.
A stunt is an unusual, difficult, dramatic physical feat that may require a special skill, performed for artistic purposes usually for a public audience, as on television or in theaters or cinema. Stu
Stage combat
…include the choreography of filmed fighting sequences, as opposed to the earlier live performances on stage. It is closely related to the practice of stunts and is a common field of study for actors. Actors famous for their stage fighting skills frequently have backgrounds in dance, gymnastics or martial…
Pyrotechnics stunt exhibition by "Giant Auto Rodéo", Ciney, Belgium
Freestyle & Stunt Show 2007 in Landrévarzec, France
On 1 June 1919, Ormer Locklear waited on one biplane for a second one trailing a rope ladder.
Two motorbikes jump a car at a country fair, England