What is Intimacy Direction and Choreography?
What is Consent-Based Practice?
“Actors routinely say and do things in the course of their jobs that would be unacceptable in other contexts, from shouting obscenities to breaking into song. Yet anyone who has spent time in a rehearsal room knows that what appears to be ‘make believe’ for an audience may be all too real for a performer.”
Whether working with a K–12 theatre program, a university department, or a community theatre, my goal is to create spaces where artists can take creative risks within clear, collaborative, and well-communicated processes.
I help performing arts groups - in professional and educational settings - create rehearsal and learning environments where everyone involved can clearly express their boundaries, even in productions that have:
Physical and/or sexual violence
Implied or explicit racism
Body dysmorphia or fat-phobic content
Discrimination or hate against gender/sexual identities
Implied or explicit sexual content
Honestly, any moment a performer touches another, or is exposed in a stage or classroom, is when an intimacy choreographer, intimacy director, boundaries advocate, or consent-based practitioner is required.