Daniel Levinson

Daniel Levinson is a certified Fight Master with Fight Directors Canada, Based in Toronto, Daniel has been performing, directing and teaching stage combat professionally since 1991. He is the owner of Rapier Wit, Canada’s oldest stage combat school, and one of the founding members of the Riot A.C.T. stunt team. Daniel has created fights for such theatre companies such as The Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage, Volcano Theatre, Actors Repertory Company, Second City, A.C.T. Productions, Shakespeare In the Square, Factory Theatre, and Tarragon Theatre. He has taught stage combat at schools and workshops across Canada and internationally, and is the resident stage combat instructor for the Sheridan College, the University of Toronto’s Theatre and Drama Studies Program, and is a frequent instructor at the University of Waterloo and Brock University. Workshop highlights include the Fight Directors Canada National Workshop (Banff, Victoria, Toronto, Montreal), Boston University, Arcadia University, the International Scuola Brancaleoni Stage Combat Workshop (Italy), and the Paddy Crean International Art of the Sword Workshop (Banff). Daniel is a graduate of York University’s BFA Acting Conservatory Program. Please look up Daniel at for more information or upcoming events at Rapier Wit.