Be Inspired

Swordfighting
Women
The Duelling Dames is an all female, multi-generational swordfighting play for all ages.   

The Dames teach history with hilarity, astound with swordfighting skills, and are daring enough to bring audience members onstage.
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Female empowerment? Yes! Anti bullying? We’ve got it!  Workshops that disseminate violence in the media?  Only the Dames do that!

The
​Duelling Dames
All ages
35 minute show, plus a meet & greet.
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The Quinquagenarian Queen and the Puerile Princess argue...about everything.  The Queen believes rulers should be like a sword: Possessing strong hilts.  The Princess believes a sharp tip, representing youth,  is a better metaphor.  

Fighting over how to fight, these loveable characters bring knights onstage, whom they train for minutes and minutes...for a battle that is a hilarious as it is real, for there are no winners.
A delightful tale that both excites families about history while teaching anti violence strategies

​Tech requirements:
Minimum playing area of 20x30with a 10" ceiling height

2021

This the The Duelling Dames's 3rd Cross country tour!  From Long Beach California to Belleville Ontario, The Duelling Dames love to meet small communities and bring their joy of theater to families of all ages.

The Duelling Dames prefer to work for fairs and libraries, or any organization who can offer the show for free, removing all barriers to theater. 

How does this show address bullying?
This a hilarious historically educational presentation.  When we get to modern times, the scariest weapon is...a cell phone...hurtful texts do cause real pain. .We discuss how cyber bullying can be the most hurtful weapon on our stage.

What solutions to bullying do you teach? 
We believe bullying is a complex issue with many possible solutions. We offer some alternatives, but most importantly, we encourage the students to think for themselves, to start discussions, and to trust their ideas. 
Aren't you encouraging violence? 
Stage combat is a skill. We demonstrate how the moves we do on stage are the same moves kids watch every day on TV.
Learning to disseminate violence in the media is an essential first step in critical thinking.  Participants try stage combat with foam swords and instantly understand how difficult a discipline stage combat is.  And female duellists smash preconceptions while encouraging girls to be brave. 
All of our fights end without winners., reinforcing how violence never ends well.

We Listened...Swordtales fans asked another swashbuckling show. 
Schools asked for living history. Parents asked for role models. Everyone asked to fight with swords.