Intimacy Coordinators

Related in several ways to stage combat

Twin Cities actors turn to 'intimacy directors' to choreograph sexuality on stage

This article discusses the recent implementation of intimacy training within the theater community, specifically Twin Cities. The writer first establishes what exactly it is and then addresses the importance of it by providing examples in which either an actor was put in uncomfortable situations or in which theaters took the initiative to include this in their process. 

Creating a job market

Meet The ‘Intimacy Directors’ Who Choreograph Sex Scenes

This article outlines how Tonia Sina and Alicia Rodis created Intimacy Directors International. They started the project after realizing that scenes with intimacy should have specialized directors just as scenes with violence necessitate fight choreographers.

Just starting to set standards

COMMUNICATION, CONTEXT, AND CONSENT: WHY MORE TEXAS THEATERS ARE HIRING INTIMACY DIRECTORS

This article discusses the growth of intimacy direction in Texas theatres and explains why this direction is needed and the 5 tenents of the practice (communication, context, consent, choreography, and closure.)  

Important as a mediator between actor comfort and director intention

How do you make a sex scene sexy? (And keep the actors safe?)

By Ashley Lee and from the Los Angeles Times, this article is a series of five interviews of newly hired intimacy directors conducted after an incident on set of HBO/Showtime's "SMILF". The article discusses what these intimacy directors do, why they do it, and why it works.

Creates accountability: SMs can document exactly what is supposed to happen

Ins and Outs of Onstage Intimacy

This article is about a workshop that Tonia Sina teaches on onstage intimacy. It includes several quotes from Sina as well as quotes from actors that have been involved in intimacy scenes.