{"id":558652,"date":"2023-05-09T09:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T13:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=558652"},"modified":"2023-05-17T10:49:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:49:04","slug":"intimacy-directors-theater-intimacy-coordinators-on-screen-558652","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/intimacy-directors-theater-intimacy-coordinators-on-screen-558652\/","title":{"rendered":"Intimacy directing is making a difference on stage and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"width: 85%; font-weight: bold; line-height: 135%; margin-bottom: 0.5em;\">In Rochester\u2019s International Theatre Program, intimacy directing is playing a growing role.<\/h2>\n<p>On-stage intimacy work has become a pillar of the theater industry, and it\u2019s becoming a more integral part of performances by the International Theatre Program at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/\">University of Rochester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the program\u2019s effort is Sara Penner, a senior lecturer of theatre in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/eng\/\">Department of English<\/a> and a voice and acting coach for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/theatre\/\">International Theatre Program<\/a>. She compares the work of an intimacy director to the role of a fight director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time you do a fight on stage, you have a skilled fight director on a set, so actors can be safe doing the work and not hurt each other,\u201d she says. A fight director makes a safe space by carefully choreographing scenes. Intimacy directors help honor actors\u2019 needs for bodily autonomy and boundaries by taking a similar approach.<\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/PZ8LAv9l2HA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The field of intimacy direction, coordination, or choreography began informally, about 10 to 15 years ago. Its growth accelerated along with the #MeToo movement, and training programs started to appear, as well as an accrediting agency. Access to theatrical intimacy training, through virtual workshops, grew nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>According to Penner, it\u2019s not necessary to be certified as an intimacy coordinator or intimacy director, but you do need certain skills. \u201cYou need to have a movement background that gives you the skills and language to explain movement in a desexualized way,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Penner\u2019s interest in intimacy directing grew out of her work on a 2019 production for <a href=\"https:\/\/jccrochester.org\/arts-culture\/centerstage\/\">JCC CenterStage<\/a> called <em>Indecent<\/em>. While playing Manke\/Freida, she worked for the first time with an intimacy director. Says Penner, \u201cI thought, \u2018Why wasn\u2019t this the way we have always worked?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_558722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558722\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-558722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-director-sara-penner.jpg\" alt=\"Intimacy director Sara penner poses for a photo with her arms folded. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-director-sara-penner.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-director-sara-penner-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-director-sara-penner-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-director-sara-penner-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sara Penner, a senior lecturer of theatre in the University\u2019s Department of English, is the intimacy director for the International Theatre Program. (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From that experience, Penner went on to shape consent policies and practices for the International Theater Program. She was awarded a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/teaching\/funding\/teaching-innovation-grants.html\">Teaching Innovation Grant<\/a> in 2022 to support her work building new courses and practices. Penner also began teaching a consent and performance course through the <a href=\"https:\/\/iml.esm.rochester.edu\/\">Institute for Music Leadership<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/\">Eastman School of Music<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the International Theatre Program is no stranger to intimacy work in its repertoire, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/theatre\/productions\/current\/metamorphoses\/index.html\">spring 2023 production<\/a> of Mary Zimmerman\u2019s <em>Metamorphoses<\/em> offered a suitable opportunity to introduce an intimacy director. A contemporary retelling of the ancient poem by Ovid, the play contains abstract sexual scenes, as well as depictions of drowning, incest, and simulated violence. \u201cThere needs to be a clear chain of communication for the students,\u201d says Penner.<\/p>\n<p>Brittany Broadus \u201924, one of the performers in <em>Metamorphoses<\/em>, is grateful for Penner\u2019s intimacy direction. Recalling a difficult role she played in a high school theater production, Broadus says she wishes she could have advocated for herself more and is now realizing things could have gone differently. She describes the experience of working with Penner as \u201cbeing taught that it\u2019s okay to talk about my boundaries as a person and knowing that there would be no repercussions for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How does intimacy direction work?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Intimacy coordination or direction makes intimacy work collaborative. With Penner, the students work on partner-building exercises during what\u2019s called a consent-based rehearsal. The exercises are designed to support the actors\u2019 ability to do mentally, emotionally, and physically challenging work. During rehearsals, the actors form a circle and call out to each other, one at a time, \u201cMay I touch your arm?\u201d The facing actor may say \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_558732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558732\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-558732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-coordinator-intimacy-director-exercises.jpg\" alt=\"Intimacy directing exercises for theater students.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-coordinator-intimacy-director-exercises.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-coordinator-intimacy-director-exercises-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-coordinator-intimacy-director-exercises-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-coordinator-intimacy-director-exercises-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Led by intimacy director Sara Penner, Rochester students work on partner-building exercises in Todd Union during a consent-based rehearsal for the International Theatre Program\u2019s production of <em>Metamorphoses<\/em>. (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe students are learning to ask before they touch,\u201d says Penner. The physical boundary practices also give the students the space and tools to communicate their boundaries in the rehearsal process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we look at choreographing these intensely intimate moments, I use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idcprofessionals.com\/\">Intimacy Directors and Coordinators<\/a> Five C\u2019s: context, communication, consent, choreography, and closure,\u201d Penner says. The process always begins with collective agreements: What do you need to be able to work in a safe space? What do you need from a partner, and what do you need to bring yourself? \u201cThen, we work with those physical boundaries, which don\u2019t need to be justified, as specifically as possible,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullquote\"><span style=\"font-size: 400%;\">\u201c<\/span>It\u2019s determining exactly where a hand goes, counting how long a kiss lasts for, the duration of each activity.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>Actors are also provided an exit strategy. \u201cI spend a lot of time helping them understand \u2018where is comfortable?\u2019 and how we can stretch ourselves, but not push over into pain or trauma,\u201d says Penner.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Metamorphoses<\/em>, the significant moments of intimacy are built one step at a time through choreography and desexualized language. The process is \u201cvery technical,\u201d according to Penner. \u201cIt\u2019s determining exactly where a hand goes, counting how long a kiss lasts for, the duration of each activity.\u201d As an intimacy director on <em>Metamorphoses<\/em>, she collaborates with director, Joe Calarco, to decide what story they are trying to tell physically and contextually and if there\u2019s another way to do a scene. \u201cA kiss might become a gesture, an embrace or a long stare into each other\u2019s eyes,\u201d says Penner. In a film or on stage, the director may use imagery or non-literal storytelling, and the audience may interpret that visual however they want.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a million ways to tell a story,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_558742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558742\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-558742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-director-intimacy-coordinator-rehearsal.jpg\" alt=\"Intimacy director Sara Penner gives two theater students feedback during a rehearsal.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-director-intimacy-coordinator-rehearsal.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-director-intimacy-coordinator-rehearsal-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-director-intimacy-coordinator-rehearsal-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-director-intimacy-coordinator-rehearsal-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Using choreography and desexualized language, Annika Almquist \u201926 (right) and Michael Wizorek \u201923 (left) work with Sara Penner (center) to rehearse moments of on-stage intimacy in Mary Zimmerman\u2019s <em>Metamorphose<\/em>s. (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Intimacy and consent in the classroom and beyond<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Intimacy coordination and direction has started expanding beyond the International Theatre Program.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Baker, an adjunct opera instructor and acting coach in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/voice\/\">Voice, Opera, and Vocal Coaching Department<\/a> at the Eastman School, has also advocated for intimacy work in recent Eastman Opera Theatre productions while incorporating consent-forward practices in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond intimacy, I\u2019m thinking about how we create a classroom setting, or spaces, where there\u2019s open, transparent communication\u2014where we honor accessibility and access needs,\u201d says Baker, who choreographed intimacy for the Eastman Opera Theatre\u2019s spring opera <em>Florencia en el Amazonas<\/em> and is currently providing intimacy direction for the Penfield Players community theater group. Those types of spaces, she adds, are where educators \u201chelp [students] do their best learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of Baker\u2019s students, Isaac Pendley \u201923E (MM), played the role of Alvaro in <em>Florencia<\/em>. Although he had heard of intimacy coordination, he\u2019d never experienced intimacy choreography firsthand before coming to Eastman. Singing-actors like Pendley face special challenges: in addition to the blocking and live acting required on stage, they also have to perform intense and demanding vocal techniques. But intimacy coaching before and during rehearsals can help ease that cognitive burden. \u201cIt provides a firm foundation for the scenes to be built on, freeing up the performer to focus on bringing the character to life and singing well,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_558752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558752\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-558752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-coordination-direction-on-stage.jpg\" alt=\"Two student actors rehearsing a scene under the direction of an intimacy director, a role that is undertaken by an intimacy coordinator for film and TV sets.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-coordination-direction-on-stage.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-coordination-direction-on-stage-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-coordination-direction-on-stage-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-intimacy-coordination-direction-on-stage-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annika Almquist \u201926 (right) and Michael Wizorek \u201923 rehearse an intimate scene after being given the time, space, and tools to communicate their boundaries as stage actors. (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Penner\u2014who this past year served as the intimacy director for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf\u2019s production of <em>Deaf Republic<\/em>, The Company Theatre\u2019s <em>The Seagull<\/em>, and the International Theatre Program\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/changing-narrative-about-blackness-the-crucible-tituba-549632\/\"><em>The Crucible<\/em> and <em>The African Company Presents Richard the Third<\/em><\/a>\u2014is expanding her work beyond performance spaces, into clinical settings. She\u2019s collaborating on an article for the <em>Journal of Child and Maternal Health<\/em> with Dr. Caitlin Dreisbach, an assistant professor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/son.rochester.edu\/\">School of Nursing<\/a> and in the Goergen Institute for Data Science, and Dr. Nicholas Mercado, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics. The team is looking at incorporating consent more effectively for nurses in birthing spaces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is rapidly changing in the way we meet people where they are; we can teach people practical tools so they can make a difference in their job,\u201d says Penner. \u201cIf more people know this work is happening, more colleges and universities will make the space for it to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"large-up-3\">\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/what-is-arts-integration-in-the-classroom-museum-527242\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fea-arts-integration.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney Greaves teaching arts integration lesson sitting on floor with children.\" \/><strong>Can arts integration deepen students\u2019 understanding?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: .9em;\">A partnership between City of Rochester schools and the Memorial Art Gallery leads to innovation in arts education and furthers the museum&#8217;s mission to serve the Greater Rochester community.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/changing-narrative-about-blackness-the-crucible-tituba-549632\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fea-the-crucible-susanna.jpg\" alt=\"Actor playing Susanna in \" \/><strong>Changing the narrative about Blackness on the stage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: .9em;\">By partnering with Black actors and artists, the International Theatre Program\u2019s recent productions help give new dimension to marginalized characters.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/news\/story\/using-improv-to-address-covid-vaccine-hesitancy\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fea-improv-conversations.jpg\" alt=\"People sitting in a circle and holding scripts.\" \/><strong>Using improv to address COVID vaccine hesitancy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: .9em;\">A new program combines improv theater techniques with coaching on motivation theory to help health care workers guide patients during conversations about vaccination.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Rochester\u2019s International Theatre Program, intimacy directing is playing a growing 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