Intimacy Coordinators add value to pre-production stages by assisting with script development, casting, and planning. Whether the story explores themes of LGBQTIA+, BDSM, Kink or other types of intimacy, we aim to ensure representation is reflective, accessible and accurate. Employing an Intimacy Coordinator during casting is best practice for productions to ensure transparency, advocacy, and collaboration throughout each stage of development.

Together, we help craft compelling narratives by creating a container where performers can stretch themselves safely, within their personal boundaries. Through collaboration with the Director, HODs and the performer(s), we'll outline the creative vision and practical requirements for the scene before facilitating consent-based rehearsals designed to support the performers' ability to do mentally, physically, and emotionally challenging work. When we honour the humanity in the room, we create an environment in which performers are empowered by their bodily autonomy and free to focus on bringing the character and story to life.

This work is for the performer wanting to get more in tune with their body to experience freedom on set during intimate scenes. Using a multi-tiered system of support, IIA works with the performer to increase the awareness of personal boundaries and the body's needs for physical, emotional and psychological safety and comfort. Through body-centred approaches and practices (e.g., Somatics, Laban, Yoga, Breathwork), we'll explore ways to deepen bodily awareness so you can greater inform your creative practice and work from a place of connectedness, when simulating intimacy for stage, screen and beyond.