Intimacy & Consent in Theatre
My goal as an Intimacy Choreographer is to create human focused spaces so creativity can thrive.
Education
Theatrical Intimacy Education:
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Best Practices
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Trauma Informed Practices
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Choreographing Intimacy For The Stage
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Power Play
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Consent in the Acting Classroom
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Staging Intercourse
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Staging Outercourse
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Staging Non-Consensual Intimacy
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Creating Community Agreements
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Working with Minors
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Modesty Garments, Barriers, and Masking
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Staging Beyond The Binary
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Working with Trans and Non-Binary Artists
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Open Intimacy Creatives:
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Violence for Intimacy Professionals​
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Intimacy Choreography Cohort
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Sex Ed for Intimacy Pros
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Kissing
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Intercourse
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Outercourse
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Pregnancy, menstruation, and abortion
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​Go To Moves - Rom Coms
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Right to Be:
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Bystander Intervention to Stop Police Sponsored Violence and Anti-Black Racist Harassment
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Loretta J. Ross:
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Creating Change Without Cancel Culture
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Advancing Call In Culture
Certification
Mental Health First Aid –
Ntnl Counsel for Mental Wellbeing
Experience
Intimacy Choreographer
Smith College: Scissoring
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December 2022 - Present
Yale Undergraduate Productions
Provide students with tools to create spaces of consent and open communication. Advocate for actors in vulnerable situations and desexualize the process by choreographing it. Lead Consent in the Rehearsal Room and Establishing a Culture of Consent workshops.
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Shows include: Rocky Horror, Company, Grease, Into The Woods, Eurydice, Next To Normal, Treadmill Play, Space Oddity, /.jazz, Moon Man Walk, 21 Chump Street, Ivories, Godspell, Doriclea (with Yale Baroque Opera)
Consent Educator
June 2021 - May 2022
Speak About It
Sparked conversations about creating a culture of consent in colleges and high schools across the U.S. while providing tools to establish boundaries, be an active bystander, and aid in sexual assault prevention. With a focus on pleasure forward sex ed!
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Theatre Director
June 2021 - August 2021
Williamsburg C.A.M.P.
Created curriculum for a multidisciplinary 6 week acting course for ages 4-11. Culminated dance, music, and art into a final performance.
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Group Leader
October 2021 - December 2021
SparKidz – New York, NY
Create a trustworthy space full of learning and growing for 6-18 year olds with Autism. Support emotionally and academically where needed.
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Teaching Assistant / Assistant Camp Manager
Summer 2017 & 2018
Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Helped 6-18 year olds learn the craft of classical theatre. Was flexible to step in where needed from admin to teaching.
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CONSENT IS CRISP:
C: considered
R: revocable
I: informed
S: specific
P: participatory