Michael G Chin (He/Him/His)

Fight Master, Fight Director, Certified Teacher

Sifu Michael G. Chin served as NSCW Coordinator for the SAFD from 1998 to 2008. He is a professional actor (AEA, AFTRA, SAG) as well as a sanctioned Master instructor and choreographer with the Society of American Fight Directors. He serves as fight director in residence for both The White Horse and Pan Asian Rep in NYC. He has taught/choreographed/consulted in the New York area on Broadway as well as The Mint, Murder-To-Go, Theatreworks USA, La Mama ETC, National Asian American Thea Co, Ma-yi, The Public, Negro Ensemble Company, The Vineyard, NYU, Henry St Settlement, Baruch College, The Drama League, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Montclair State Univ, New York Renaissance Fest and The NY Fringe Thea Festival . Nationally he has worked at The Barter, Celebration Barn, Burt Reynolds Inst for Thea., Muhlenberg Summer Festival, Univ of Tulsa, The Crossroads, Brown Univ, Cape Cod Community College, BYU, The Hangar, Dickinson College, Louisiana Tech, NY State Theatre Inst.,Tennesee Rep, Merrimack Theatre, Off The Square Thea in Wyoming, Gainesville Theatre Alliance, Univ of Northern Colorado, IUP and Yale School of Drama. Mr Chin currently teaches at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, as well as at Brooklyn College,Pace University, "Inside The Actor's Studio" at Pace University Grad School and Juilliard as well as privately for Fights4 all in New York City. He is a student of Northern Style, Shaolin Long Fist Kung Fu. http://summerslingnyc.com


Skill Proficiency History

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