Stage director - Live Action Designer
Ran Arthur Braun
Represented by
Represented by
Stefano Montanari, Conductor
Mariame Clément, Stage Director
Stefano Montanari, Conductor
Mariame Clément, Stage Director
Stefano Montanari, Conductor
Mariame Clément, Stage Director
Keri-Lynn Wilson, Conductor
Philipp Stölzl, Stage Director
Michael Hofstetter, Conductor
Dmitri Tcherniakov, Stage Director
Michael Hofstetter, Conductor
Dmitri Tcherniakov, Stage Director
Ran Arthur Braun is one of the world's most sought-after stunt coordinators and action designers. He has worked on more than 370 live productions so far with most leading opera houses and festivals.
Specializing in large-scale events led him to collaborate world-wide with major production companies, including venues in Asia and the Middle East. He also enjoys a long-standing collaboration with the Bregenz Festival, where he has worked for more than 21 seasons.
Ran Arthur Braun has also made a name for himself as a director and set designer: he won the 2014 Music and Theatre Prize for Best Set Design, he was also voted 2015 Director of the Year for his production of L’enfant et les sortilèges, both in Poland. He has been a member of Dmitri Tcherniakov's production team since 2017.
He teaches stage fighting at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo in Valencia, the Bolshoi in Moscow, Opera Studio Warsaw , Volksoper Wien and the Opera Studio in Amsterdam.
Ran also manages Action Actors for film, television and stage projects, with recent work provided for Lucas Films, Disney, Amazon Prime, Play Station and Balich Wonder Studio.
Winner of ‘Opernwelt’ 2022 and 2023 award for production of the year, as a member of the artistic team of Christof Loy and Dmitri Tcherniakov, with whom they also won Best Production in the International Opera Awards in 2024. Known as the concierge of Action! His network provides various services including stunt gear, equipment and special effects, providing services worldwide for some of the industry's biggest shows.
Future work includes working as Artistic Producer for various productions and events in collaboration with ShowTalentNetwork.
Trailer :The Black Rose - Live Stunt Show
Trailer :The Black Rose - Live Stunt Show
Fight Rehearsal - Bregenz Festival - Ernani
Fight Rehearsal - Bregenz Festival - Ernani
Solar
Klangwolke Festival
Solar
Klangwolke Festival
Klangwolke 2022 - Flyboard
Klangwolke 2022 - Flyboard
Turandot
Oper im Steinbruch
Turandot
Oper im Steinbruch
Riyadh Season Parade
Stunt Coordiantor and Action Designer
Riyadh Season Parade
Stunt Coordiantor and Action Designer
Christian Jost - Egmont
Theater an Der Wien
Christian Jost - Egmont
Theater an Der Wien
Black : White - Abstract Action
Black : White - Abstract Action
Peter Herbert - Trans Maghreb - Interactive Opera
Bregenzer Festspiele
Peter Herbert - Trans Maghreb - Interactive Opera
Bregenzer Festspiele
Donizetti - L'elisir d'amore
Teatr Wielki Poznan
Donizetti - L'elisir d'amore
Teatr Wielki Poznan
.....fights requiring from the singers the agility of stuntmen. No doubt, he knows how to do it
The direction of actors is extremely neat and efficient, the two duels of the third act in particular, are settled with a striking realism
These were now powerfully and convincingly choreographed by Ran Arthur Braun: I have never seen them so "lifelike" on an opera stage - bravo!
...Ran Braun’s compelling choreography and use of space created convincing movement befitting mythological characters.
The war scenes.......are all grippingly staged
intoxicating movement of the many actors with virtuosity Staged
.... displays energetic choreographic and cinematographic ability to organize the complex machinery for individual and collective movement of such large groups and so many props. Very visual scenes, such as the waltz at the New Year's Eve dance or the terrible roar of the huge and angry crowd on stage, whose force is such that one has the impression that it is going to invade the auditorium and spill into the audience, attest to of an accomplished sense of orchestration.
Perfectos los movimientos escénicos de Ran Arthur Braun y óptima la dirección de actores.
Every gesture feels well orchestrated, organised...the melee combat is really well choreographed by Ran Arthur Braun, one of the most sought after action designers in the world
Elegant and dynamic choreography of the masses (mostly fighters).
.... like a Tarantino blockbuster sends dozens of people into battle at the same time, including precisely orchestrated stunts.
Dafür kämpfen sie mit Worten, ihre Gefolgsleute mit Fäusten und Messern. Stuntleute besorgen das akrobatisch choreografiert, bisweilen fast balletthaft. Blut fließt aber nicht – es spritzt. Bevorzugt auf unschuldig weiße Wände. Quentin Tarantino lässt grüßen.e de Beer nimmt Anleihen bei der Ästhetik des zeitgenössischen Kinos und wählt artistische Action, um die Vierecks-Geschichte zu erzählen.
The highlight of the production is the use of aerial acrobatics. Right at the beginning, the witch and devil ride into heaven from the smoking chimney of a roof. The blacksmith's flight through the air to the tsar's court also takes place before the astonished eyes of the audience, and the activities of the pagan spirits and deities also take place at dizzying heights. The performance is worth attending just for the bravura flight choreography of dancers and singers on thin wire ropes (stunt coordination by Ran Arthur Braun).
Ran Arthur Braun was expected to add a pinch of madness in the opera. Like it was done a year ago, when he staged "Cyberiada" by K. Meyer....Now he proved that his imagination has no limit. Always based on physical theater and virtuosity
Ingenious and witty
The (Festival's) high point was in the hands of the Israeli-born director Ran Arthur Braun. The experience was fantastic! The director's intention was to create a universal view and experience the totality, in which, while listening and looking at the same time, the person feels his own smallness, but also exaltation of existence...Large-scale production with 100 people on stage (Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Risto Joost, the Latvian State Choir, soloists....Stunt Performers.....), focused on illusions and usage of all the senses, with music as the form of expression, together with movement, light - yes! .....It was a complete theatrical sensation.
Haydn’s The Creation is rarely performed as a staged work, but this interpretation by the energetic Israeli director and choreographer Ran Arthur Braun made good use of the scaffolding behind and above the stage to turn the performing space into something resembling the illuminated margins of a Blake manuscript, or the crowded ceiling of a frescoed Baroque chapel. The three soloists were flown from wires, both above the stage and down the length of the auditorium, maintaining their composure (and their intonation) while being winched up and whizzed along on zip-wires. Their costumes included 18th-century coat and breeches, embellished with multicoloured wings, while other performers (drawn from street-players, Parkour experts, breakdancers and fire-jugglers) cavorted at floor level.