Resources for building a consent based community
The resources below have been gathered and are continually updated with the help of a community of other intimacy professionals. Xploring Gender would like to thank them for their contributions to this list and the industry as a whole. Check back to see what’s been added since your last visit, and submit resources to be added via the Contact page!
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US & International Training Organizations
Looking to begin training as an intimacy director or coordinator? Check out these incredible organizations!
Intimacy Professional Education Collective (IPEC) - US Based international training and continuing education organization
Intimacy Directors and Coordinators - US Based international training organization
Theatrical Intimacy Education - US Based theatrical intimacy education
Intimacy Directors of Color - US based
Pacific Northwest Theatrical Intimacy - US based
Heartland Intimacy Design & Training - US based
Momentum Stage - US based
Humble Warrior Movement Arts - US based
Intimacy Direction in Dance - US based
Consent Creatives of Arizona - US based
Intimacy Coordinators Canada - Canadian based intimacy
Principal Intimacy Professionals - Canadian based
National Society of Intimacy Professionals - Canadian based
Moving Body Arts - UK based
Intimacy for Stage and Screen - UK based
BECTU Intimacy Coordinators Branch - UK based
The Intimacy Guild - UK based
Intimacy On Set - UK based
Intimacy Practitioners Guild - UK based
Key Intimacy Scenes - Australia based
Standards, Protocols, and Best Practices
Know your rights as a performer, and know what you deserve in an intimacy director / coordinator!
Downloadable SAG-AFTRA Intimacy Coordinators Standards and Protocols
SAG-AFTRA leaflet: Sex, Nudity, and You
SAG-AFTRA Quick Guide for Scenes Involving Simulated Sex and Nudity
Chicago Not In Our House Standards PDF
Your Rights in Nude, Intimate, and Sex Scenes (Time’s Up)
Your Rights in Auditions (Time’s Up)
ACTRA Canadian Actors Union Best Practices
Intimacy For Stage and Screen Guidelines for Live Performance
Intimacy for Stage and Screen Guidelines for TV and Film
Equity New Zealand Intimacy Guidelines for Stage and Screen
Finnish Film Foundation ‘Guidelines for Intimate Scenes in Camera Work’
Continued Education and Misc.
Keep learning, or jumpstart your education with a mix of free and affordable continued education below!
FREE Bystander Training with Hollaback
Tools for Reconciliation with Indigenous Population (Canadian)
"Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches" by Sharrell Luckett & Tia M. Shaffer
Journal of Consent-Based Performance
Interviews articles and More
Articles about the people and happenings within the industry!
Vice YouTube Feature on Intimacy Direction and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Intimacy Choreography in Conversation Podcast with Anne James and Carley D. Weckstein
Dance Magazine's "We Need to Talk About Non-Consensual Audience Participation
How Intimacy Coordinators Are Helping to Fix a Broken Entertainment Industry
Other Awesome Professionals in the Industry
Find and connect with intimacy professionals locally and across the globe!
*This list is not inclusive of all working intimacy professionals, those below explicitly consented to be added. Contact to have your site added to the list*
Sarah Lozoff (New York & California)
Emily Sucher (D.C. / Maryland)
Alessandra Bongiardina (Minnesota)
Ariel Leigh Cohen (California)
Laura Hackman (Atlanta)