I’m spending #today getting back on my feet after the mid-move break-in… and starting work on a new project at Pasadena Playhouse!
Today being an #IntimacyDirector means reading and analyzing a new script and preparing for a new collaborative project!
Today being an #IntimacyDirector meant a 5-hour flight followed by 8 hours of discussion & devising diegetic consent mechanics for a new larp, followed by movement workshops.
I’m exhausted & dehydrated, but collaborating with creatives who want to develop invigorating experiences for players that tell the story of transgression while remaining sustainable & supporting actors’ boundaries is so worth it.
Join us at Fresno State this summer for a 2-week intensive offered for grad or undergrad credit, with TONS of scholarship $$ available!
Learn to implement consent-based performance processes; to choreograph intimacy; to use Consent-based practices in classrooms. And create work while practicing these skills along the way!
https://www.calstate.edu/SummerArts/Courses/Pages/Creating-with-Consent-Onstage-Intimacies.aspx
#consent #IntimacyDirector #theatre #dance #performance #artist
Today being an #IntimacyDirector means respecting my own boundaries and taking a day to myself.
After a six-hour workshop with over 200 students yesterday, I feel satisfied, but after not getting home until after midnight, I need to respect my own needs and rest so that my work remains sustainable.
Practice what you preach.
Today being an #IntimacyDirector looked like a zoom planning consent mechanics for next weekend’s devising workshop in NYC, during which Sinking Ship Creations will be devising their next playable performance piece…
…and now I’m about to drive 3 hours to lead workshops with the entire undergraduate theatre cohort at CSU Northridge.
My life involved more work & less commute before I moved to CA but it’s worth it.
#consent #larp #theatre #BetterIsPossible #intimacy #performance #immersive
Summer Arts offers “Onstage Intimacies: Creating with Consent,” a 2-week intensive course for graduate or undergrad credit. Scholarships available and anyone can apply!
https://www.calstate.edu/SummerArts/Pages/default.aspx
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Today being an #IntimacyDirector meant leading consent-based workshops w 60 dancers at CSUF BFA auditions, so they can carry consent-based tools forward into their projects.
Why, when there were no expected simulations of sexual intimacy during the auditions?
To…
Teach every performance artist.
Demystify consent.
Establish shared vocabularies.
Promote sustainable practices for young artists by teaching them that caring for their instrument means body, voice, and mental/emotional health.
Today being an #IntimacyDirector looked like a five-hour drive to teach a four-hour workshop.
So worth it to introduce consent-based performance practices to educators who are shaping the acting industry of tomorrow!
Thanks to CSU Northridge faculty for dedicating your day to learning new tools for teaching performance!
Biased communication interrupts our ability to ask for, give, & revoke #consent.
Therefore the Journal of Consent-Based Performance is seeking both Notes From the Field & academic articles investigating the intersection of Consent & Cultural Competence, or the relationship between intimacy & identity.
https://journals.calstate.edu/jcbp
grant-funded stipends awarded upon publication.
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The Journal of Consent-Based Performance promotes community-based learning among intimacy professionals, without the gatekeeping often associated with scholarly models and the arts industry. Documenting the evolution of intimacy choreography, intimacy coordinators, intimacy directors, and other consent-based practices for theatre and performance
The Journal of Consent-Based Performance seeks submissions for our first themed issue: Consent and Cultural Competence.
JCBP seeks articles that interrogate the role & importance of cultural competency in consent-based performance.
Full CFP: https://journals.calstate.edu/jcbp/announcement/view/25
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Amanda Rose V, PhD