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You are planning a production that includes intimacy, and someone recommends hiring an intimacy coordinator. Someone else suggests an intimacy director. Are you looking for two different people? The main distinction is the medium. Intimacy coordinators generally work in film, television, and other recorded media. Intimacy directors generally work in theatre and other live performance. Both roles bring specialist skills in communication, consent practices, and choreography. Th

What Wicker Can Teach Us About Choreographing Intimacy in Costume

Paid preparation time for intimacy professionals is essential to creating safer, more thoughtful productions. Giving intimacy directors and coordinators proper pre-production time supports clearer boundaries, better communication, and more confident preparation for intimate scenes.

In the midst of season planning and need some help? Here are some titles that should have an intimacy specialist.

Institutional Subscriptions are now available for The Core Curriculum.

New content on Howlround Theatre Commons about professional boundaries, invisible labor, and transitional comfort objects.

Announcing the 1-day intensive in Orlando, Florida!

On July 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy made a televised address in response to Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev's threat...

In case you missed it, there are TWO online intimacy training courses now available through the Online Training portal.

The audition flyers have been posted. Time to prepare material and wow the director with your skills.

Welcome back to another exciting academic year! Many departments across the country are gearing up for auditions for the fall...

It was late on a Sunday night. I was doing my nightly ritual of unwinding in bed and scrolling through my Facebook feed.

Welcome to the blog of Heartland Intimacy Design and Training (affectionately called The Pulse).