- Nickname
- Richard
- Height1.88 m
- Rick Sordelet is the top Fight Director in the country.
He has 72 Broadway shows to his credit. He has staged many Disney Theatrical productions including Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan, Aida, and The Little Mermaid.
Hundreds of productions Off-Broadway and in Regional Theater.
62 first class productions worldwide including Ben Hur Live at the O2 Arena in London, all over Europe and Rome.
He has staged the fights for 94 different productions of Romeo and Juliet and 68 different productions of Hamlet. He has an extensive background in stage and theatrical sword fighting and edged weapons tactics.
He is the only Fight Director to ever stage the fights for a Superbowl Halftime Show (XXIX).
Has been an instructor at Yale School of Drama since 1998. He has also taught at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the New School of Drama in New York City.
He sits on the board for the ShakespeareTheater of New Jersey.
Rick has staged stunts and fights for over a thousand episodes of Guiding Light during his 12 years as their Chief Stunt Coordinator.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous - Rick Sordelet is the Nation's premier Fight Director in the country. He has 72 Broadway shows to his credit. He has staged many of the Disney Theatrical productions, Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan, Aida, and The Little Mermaid. Hundreds of productions Off-Broadway and in Regional Theater.
62 first class productions worldwide including Ben Hur Live at the O2 Arena in London, all over Europe and Rome. He has staged the fights for 94 different productions of Romeo and Juliet and 68 different productions of Hamlet. He has an extensive background in stage and theatrical sword fighting and edged weapons tactics.
He is the only Fight Director to ever stage the fights for a Superbowl Halftime Show (XXIX).
He teaches at Yale School of Drama and HB Studio in NYC. He has also taught at the Neighborhood Playhouse, NYU and the New School of Drama in New York City.
He sits on the board for the ShakespeareTheater of New Jersey.
Rick has staged stunts and fights for over a thousand episodes of Guiding Light during his 12 years as their Chief Stunt Coordinator.
He and David Blix are partners in Sordelet INK, an electronic publishing house. www.sordeletink.com- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous
- Has background in collegiate fencing, martial arts, Aikido, and Tai Chi.
He carries an MFA in Acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University where he was trained by the famous acting teacher, Bill Esper
Father to Christian Kelly-Sordelet, Kaelan Kelly-Sordelet and Collin Kelly-Sordelet. - He was awarded the 2011 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Fight and Movement Director for the play, "Romeo & Juliet" at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
- Was inducted as a Distinguished Alumni at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in 2012.
- Was honored with the Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence by the Lucille Lortel Off Broadway League.
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