Tools:
Consent- Based Environment
Boundary Practices
Desexualized and De-Loaded Process
Culturally Competent Choreography
Documentation Procedures
Specializations:
Comedic Intimacy
Stories of substance abuse & alcoholism
Stories of Complex Consent
Non-Consensual Intimacy
Intimacy centering larger bodies
Selected Experience
Film & TV:
THE ENTOMOLOGIST (film)
Directed by Lauren Chappell
• Established and maintained a consent-based working environment
• Collaborated with director & actors to block moments of intimacy
•Introduced actors to boundary practice and how to use a self-care cue
•Ensured all logistical components necessary to film intimate scene were provided on set
PEPPERONI (film)
Directed by Jacob Staudemeir
• Established and maintained a consent-based working environment
• Collaborated with director & actors to block moments of intimacy
•Introduced actors to boundary practice
•Ensured all logistical components necessary to film intimate scene were provided on set
Theatre:
CASSANDRA
Directed by Forrest Hartl
• Taught de-roleing techniques and closure practices to cast and creative team
• Managed boundaries and communication with a cast of student actors
• Collaborated with director, costume designer, and lighting design to effectively stage non-consensual intimacy
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON-MARIGOLDS
Directed by Sophia Morrow
• Established and maintained a consent-based working environment
• Assessed needs of modesty garments
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Directed by Sarah Smallman
• Choreographed intimacy using desexualized and de-loaded language
• Evaluated complex power dynamics, assessed production needs, and communicated appropriate consent and boundary tools