


Rapier and Dagger Hula Hoop
$35 Registration
Discounts Available - Please contact us to request
This class is 18 +
Taught by Melissa Freilich
Improve your understanding and technique of rapier and dagger using the classic stage combat teaching tool: the hula hoop! We'll focus on using your rapier and dagger in concert and keeping both weapons in front of you. This is a great class if you have very little or a lot of rapier and dagger experience, but it helps to have some.
Actual hula hooping not required.
Class Level: Beginner
Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 @ 10am to 12noon
at the Reston Players’ Lindsay C. Petersen Rehearsal Hall
264 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va 20170
Melissa Freilich works as a director, teacher and fight choreographer in Baltimore, MD. She is an Instructor for Dueling Arts International, a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors, and an associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. She is a certified Alexander Technique teacher and recognized member of the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT), having trained with Jane Heirich in Ann Arbor MI. She holds an MFA in Performance Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BA in Theatre and Classics from Washington University in St. Louis.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the class, payment, safety, or any other topic, please email Noble@NobleBlades.org or contact us here.
$35 Registration
Discounts Available - Please contact us to request
This class is 18 +
Taught by Melissa Freilich
Improve your understanding and technique of rapier and dagger using the classic stage combat teaching tool: the hula hoop! We'll focus on using your rapier and dagger in concert and keeping both weapons in front of you. This is a great class if you have very little or a lot of rapier and dagger experience, but it helps to have some.
Actual hula hooping not required.
Class Level: Beginner
Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 @ 10am to 12noon
at the Reston Players’ Lindsay C. Petersen Rehearsal Hall
264 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va 20170
Melissa Freilich works as a director, teacher and fight choreographer in Baltimore, MD. She is an Instructor for Dueling Arts International, a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors, and an associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. She is a certified Alexander Technique teacher and recognized member of the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT), having trained with Jane Heirich in Ann Arbor MI. She holds an MFA in Performance Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BA in Theatre and Classics from Washington University in St. Louis.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the class, payment, safety, or any other topic, please email Noble@NobleBlades.org or contact us here.
$35 Registration
Discounts Available - Please contact us to request
This class is 18 +
Taught by Melissa Freilich
Improve your understanding and technique of rapier and dagger using the classic stage combat teaching tool: the hula hoop! We'll focus on using your rapier and dagger in concert and keeping both weapons in front of you. This is a great class if you have very little or a lot of rapier and dagger experience, but it helps to have some.
Actual hula hooping not required.
Class Level: Beginner
Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 @ 10am to 12noon
at the Reston Players’ Lindsay C. Petersen Rehearsal Hall
264 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va 20170
Melissa Freilich works as a director, teacher and fight choreographer in Baltimore, MD. She is an Instructor for Dueling Arts International, a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors, and an associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. She is a certified Alexander Technique teacher and recognized member of the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT), having trained with Jane Heirich in Ann Arbor MI. She holds an MFA in Performance Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BA in Theatre and Classics from Washington University in St. Louis.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the class, payment, safety, or any other topic, please email Noble@NobleBlades.org or contact us here.