My practice as an Intimacy Director is rooted in actor protection and comfortability above all else. Coming from an acting and directing background, I have a unique mindset to approach these topics and ease the process for actors. My practice aims to:

1) Help actors feel more comfortable with the process of rehearsing and performing intimacy

2) Allow the actors to work within their tool set by utilizing Stanislavski acting/directing techniques.

In my experience as an actor, I’ve often found myself focusing on either myself and my comfortable, or on my fellow actor(s) and their comfortability. So much that I wouldn’t be able to be ‘in the moment’ and actually act the scene because I was concerned about the emotional needs of myself or others.

So in my practice, I aim to accommodates to the actor’s needs. I ensure that all actors are physically, mentally, and emotionally prepared for the intimacy before we ever choreograph. Through thorough discussion and preparation, I utilize Stanislavski techniques and Active Analysis to allow actors be in the moment of the intimacy and do what actors do: act. This allows me (the intimacy director) to gauge actors before we choreograph the intimacy, it allows actors to prepare for intimacy without the pressure of choreography.