A fight director is an artist who designs, teaches, and oversees all staged combat and risk performances in a production — ensuring it is safe, repeatable, and dramatically effective.
Because of the safety concerns of the work, artists are required to complete specialized training to qualify as a fight director.
As a fight director, you are eligible to join the Association after completing your first Equity contract under a negotiated scale agreement (i.e., Canadian Theatre Agreement, Independent Theatre Agreement, Stratford Festival Addendum, Equity Second City Agreement or any of our negotiated ballet or opera agreements).
Additionally, you will have to submit proof of your accreditation with a professional fight directors’ society that has been approved by Equity (e.g. Fight Directors Canada).
Once you have completed an eligible contract as a Fight Director, Equity’s Membership team will contact you to request proof of accreditation. Once verified, you will be invited to apply for membership. You’ll also find the following forms available in your myEquity account:
At the same time, we’ll let you know the remaining balance of your initiation fee.
Some artists choose to wait before joining. If you don’t join immediately, the Membership team will contact you again when any filing fees you’ve accumulated are enough to cover your initiation fee.
Once you’re eligible, you can complete the forms in your myEquity account and begin the application process at any time.
The cost of joining Equity is a one-time initiation fee of $1,200, plus payment of $100 (a half-year of basic dues), for a total payable of $1,300.
A portion of the filing fees you have paid will be applied towards your initiation fee, reducing the amount of the one-time payment. Any remaining portion of the initiation fee owing, plus current basic dues, must be paid when you apply to join the Association, or you may provide the theatre with written authorization to deduct the balance of your initiation fee and remit it directly to Equity.
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