Intimacy Choreography / Direction / Coordination
A collaborative team of movement specialists with a passion for creating safe,
and respectful intimacy environments for all areas of the entertainment industry
Christina Pitts Jazzar (She/Her/Hers)
Lisa Stevens (She/Her/Hers)
Anisa Tejpar
(She/Her/Hers)
What does an Intimacy Coordinator do?
- Implements proper protocols for scenes containing intimacy, simulated sex, nudity or high emotional content
- Liaisons between production and actors
- Movement coaches for scenes with intimacy, simulated sex, and/or nudity
- Advocates for all actors, including those underage with parent/guardian consent
- Creates safe, respectful and joyful workspaces
When should an Intimacy Coordinator be engaged?
- Whenever a rider is needed in a scene (simulated sex or nudity rider)
- Whenever a power dynamic is involved in an intimate scene (Ex. Day player in intimate scene with season regular)
- If an actor feels they need support with sensitive material
- If an actor feels they need a bystander
- If a director feels they need support communicating sensitive material to actors
- If production would like to make a safer onset environment for the actors through the establishment of protocols surrounding simulated sex and nudity
- If production would like to make a safer pre-production environment for all actors and staff engaging with each other intimately or when speaking/negotiating around the intimacy involved in the storytelling (Ex. wardrobe fittings, conversations about riders and scenes that display simulated sex, nudity or violence)