Where Can I Learn More About Intimacy Coordination?
Updated: Feb 5, 2022
Updated: Feb, 22
I’m of the belief that a good intimacy coordinator’s education should be expansive and well-rounded to best care for the diverse array of actors and crews they may work with. That’s why this list includes not only resources specifically about intimacy choreography, but information relating to trauma, gender/sexuality studies, anti-racism, disability advocacy, and more. I will never consider my studying “done” in that regard.
Please reach out if you have any additions to this page, or if you’d like to discuss something you’ve learned!
Protocols and Policies
Not In Our House: Chicago Theater Standards
SAG-AFTRA: Standards and Policies for Intimacy Coordinators
SAG-AFTRA Safe Place, Reporting Options
Times Up Guide to Working in Entertainment
Your Rights in Nude and Intimate Scenes
Intimacy for Stage and Screen (UK)
Guidelines for Live Performance
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity: Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: State by State
Classes/Workshops
Intimacy Coordination
Intimacy Professionals Association
National Society of Intimacy Professionals
Intimacy Coordinators of Color
Share The Load (Also includes great workshops on interpersonal consent/boundary practice)
Stage Combat
SAFD: Private Training Centers
SAFD: Regional Stage Combat Workshops
Movement/Dance
Trauma Advocacy
Trauma-Informed Organization Certificate Program
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
Anti-Racism
Center for Story-Based Strategy
On Gender
The Transgender Training Institute
Safe Zone Self-Guided Foundational Training
Mental Health
Mental Health First Aid Training
https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
TIE has also started offering MHFA Training.
Mental Health Resources
MHFA Resource List (Includes hotlines)
General Mental Health Resources
Mental Health Resources in NYC
Mindful Urgent Care Psychiatry (NYC)
Black Trans Advocacy Coalition- Support/Community Resources
Modesty Garments/Barriers
- What brands you choose to buy and where you choose to buy them from are totally up to you! These are just examples/items I've worked with.
Garments made specifically for intimacy coordination (Including garments with barriers)
Undergarments
Barriers
Yoga mats
Exercise mats Small pillows (wrap pillows in an impermeable bag!) Neck pillows or cervical spine pillows
Tape
Tape design options for the chest
Articles/Sites
IDC's Pillars of Intimacy in Production
Planned Parenthood's resources on sexual consent and FRIES model
Creative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence
The Trevor Project Resource Guide
Center for Positive Sexuality Resources
We See You White American Theatre
Center for Story-Based Strategy Resources
Books
Direction/Choreography:
Staging Sex: Best Practices, Tools, and Techniques by Chelsea Pace
The Viewpoints Books by Anne Bogart and Tina Landau
A Director Prepares by Anne Bogart
An Acrobat of the Heart: A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowsky by Stephen Wangh
The Body Speaks by Lorna Marshall
The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theater by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett
Gender, Sexuality and Consent:
Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape by Jaclyn Friedman
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski
The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy
The New Bottoming Book by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy
The New Topping Book by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide For All of Us by Felice Newman
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves by Laura Erickson-Schroth
Yes, You Are Trans Enough! by Mia Violet
Ask: Building Consent Culture by Kitty Stryker
Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture-- and What We Can Do about It by Kate Harding
Can I Kiss You: A Thought-Provoking Look at Relationships, Intimacy, & Sexual Assault by Michael J. Domitrz
Screw Consent: A Better Politics of Sexual Justice by Joseph Fischel
The Ethics of Touch by Ben E. Benjamin and Cherie Sohnen-Moe
Ace by Angela Chen
Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain, and Illness by Miriam Kaufman
Sex and Disability by Robert McRuer
The Science of Kissing by Sheril Kirshenbaum
Anti-Racism:
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies by Renee Linklater
Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive by Julia Serano
How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
Ain’t I a Woman by bell hooks
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
Diverse Bodies, Diverse Practices Toward an Inclusive Somatics edited by Don Hanlon Johnson
Black Acting Methods by Sharrell D. Luckett, Tia M. Shaffer
Building a Trauma-Informed Practice:
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker
Carefrontation: Breaking Free from Childhood Trauma by Arlene Drake
Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry by Catherine M. Pittman, Elizabeth M Karle
Leadership/Conflict Resolution:
Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair by Sarah Schulman
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren J. Sofer
Subtle Acts of Exclusion by Dr. Tiffany Jana
Overcoming Bias by Dr. Tiffany Jana
Erasing Institutional Bias by Dr. Tiffany Jana
Talking Across the Divide: How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Even Change the World by Justin Lee
Social Media Accounts I Love to Learn From
@abolitiongradients
@aclu_nationwide
@activismandstuff
@alokvmenon
@antiracismctr
@antiracisttheatre
@ardtakeaction
@attnwhitepeople
@awakeandsexy
@blklivesmatter
@campaignzero
@civilrightsorg
@comprehensiveconsent
@consentinpractice
@consentwizard
@courtneyahndesign
@curious.parenting
@disabilityreframed
@disabilitytogether
@drkirren
@eji_org
@greatergoodmag
@heartlandintimacydesign
@idcprofessionals
@ihollagram
@intimacycoordination
@intimacycoordinatorsofcolor
@intimacyforstageandscreen
@keyintimatescenes
@mr.jackcat1
@naacp
@nationalqueertheater
@neurodivergent
@principal.intimacy
@reform
@showingupforracialjustice
@so.informed
@surjnyc
@talkdisability
@theatricalintimacyed
@theintimacycollective.in
@theintimacylab
@theslacktivists
@trans_training_institute
@weseeyouwat