Intimacy Choreography In Conversation

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Our second episode of season 2 is out now! We’re honored to have Diana Wyenn, godmother of the podcast, on to talk about advocacy, creativity, and disability. Born and based in Los Angeles, Diana Wyenn (she/her) is a director, writer, and choreographer of contemporary and original works for theater, opera, film, digital, and site-specific performance. Her practice includes advocacy in the realms of environmental and disability justice. Most recently, and in response to the pandemic, Wyenn adapted her award-winning autobiographical stage production, Blood/Sugar, into a multi-camera, multimedia-enhanced film/theater hybrid set in her own home. The work, which illuminates, embodies, and challenges the global diabetes crisis. Wyenn is also the director and co-deviser of Kristina Wong for Public Office and has worked with the LA Phil, NY Phil, Center Theatre Group, Lincoln Center, The Walt Disney Company, REDCAT, SummerStage, Grand Performances, and more. She co-founded Plain Wood Productions with her partner LABAN, and also serves as Artistic Director of TIOH Arts & Culture. Like, subscribe, and follow us on your favorite platforms and let us know your thoughts on this very important conversation! ✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/COyBPk9DxY7/?igshid=t6vjfefi62dd

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Season 2 Episode 1 is out now! Have you taken a listen to this very important conversation? @annjamesreal gets real about land acknowledgments, and we are 100% on the same page. Bonus: Here’s the Boundaries Worksheet that co-host @thespomancer created! It’s free for download as a PDF - click the link in our bio. We’re so excited for this season, and the wonderful surprise guests we have planned for you! What are YOU excited to tackle enthusiastically in your art? [Photo 1: a portion of the boundaries worksheet showing the introduction. Photo 2-4: Carly’s statement on her Instagram post about the worksheet (to be pasted later)] https://www.instagram.com/p/CM6JWjTD0H8/?igshid=efijimlc0f02

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AND WE’RE BACK! Season 2 starts with Ann James and Carly D. Weckstein offering tools for actors and performers to empower themselves in preparation for and during intimacy work. . **This episode begins with Ann James reframing our land acknowledgment. Ann and Carly had previously discussed this prior to re-recording the land acknowledgment, but unfortunately Carly was unavailable for the regale session. . Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and most podcast providers https://www.instagram.com/p/CMWeH1oDZa_/?igshid=4mruzudd5urg

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@icic_annandcarly podcast co-host Ann James @annjamesreal is combining talents with Marisa Kennedy @diversityeditor and Tavia Jefferson @taviarivee to develop Black musical theater with intimacy, diversity and cultural competency at the foundation. @supportblacktheatre #blackwomxnlead #amplifymelanatedvoices #intimacydirector #podcast #intimacycoordinator #intimacycoordinatorsofcolor #intimacychoreographyinconversation #podcastersofinstagram #podcastersofcolor #multihyphenate #international #womenempowerment #womxnsupportingwomxn #womensupportingwomen #theater #theatre #film #director #performance #choreographer #amplifymelanatedvoices #BIPOC #representationmatters #consentculture #inclusion #safespace to be #brave #intersectionality #antiracism #intimacy #advocacy https://www.instagram.com/p/CJExgpFJQRa/?igshid=ms919bw274bl

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If you like scary movies, check out @icic_annandcarly podcast co-host @thespomancer as a guest on the delightfully freaky podcast @dismemberinghorror ! 🩸 They watched the wild and terrifying film Climax by director Gaspar Noe — which follows a French dance troupe through a psychedelic nightmare. 🇫🇷 Ryan and Tim (who are both @icic_annandcarly fans!) invited Carly to dissect the film with them. They take a deep dive into the horror of having your agency taken from you, how mob mentality can create coercion, ideal settings for psychedelic trips, ideas for taking care of actors when working on super charged material like this, and so much more. 🔪 If you’re a horror nerd you gotta check out the podcast! They have so many good episodes. 👹 If you’re interested in the film, watch it before you listen because: spoilers! 🕺🏽💃🏻The dancing is amaaaaazing! The technical proficiency is brilliant. The experience of watching it is a rollercoaster 🎢 🎥 And heads up the film is extremely disturbing!! Content warning for the film: nonconsensual drugging, physical violence, death, sexual language and actions, coercion, mob violence, flashing lights, and probably more I can’t remember them all. #horror #podcast #dismemberinghorror #horrornerd #climax #french #dance #consent #psychedelic #mob #disturbing #horrorpodcast #filmpodcast #podcastguest #horrorfilm #dance #gasparnoe #intimacycoordinator #frenchfilm #dancetroupe https://www.instagram.com/p/CJEpjYAJgn_/?igshid=1smzxqvffxwfu

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Can’t get enough of our hosts Ann James and Carly D. Weckstein? Catch Carly on the newest episode of Dismembering Horror! More info below: If you like scary movies, check out @thespomancer as a guest on the delightfully freaky podcast @dismemberinghorror ! 🩸 We watched the wild and terrifying film Climax by director Gaspar Noe — which follows a French dance troupe through a psychedelic nightmare. 🇫🇷 Ryan and Tim (who are both @icic_annandcarly fans!) invited Carly to dissect the film with them. They take a deep dive into the horror of having your agency taken from you, how mob mentality can create coercion, ideal settings for psychedelic trips, ideas for taking care of actors when working on super charged material like this, and so much more. 🔪 If you’re a horror nerd you gotta check out the podcast! They have so many good episodes. 👹 If you’re interested in the film, watch it before you listen because: spoilers! 🕺🏽💃🏻The dancing is amaaaaazing! The technical proficiency is brilliant. The experience of watching it is a rollercoaster 🎢 🎥 And heads up the film is extremely disturbing!! Content warning for the film: nonconsensual drugging, physical violence, death, sexual language and actions, coercion, mob violence, flashing lights, and probably more I can’t remember them all. #horror #podcast #dismemberinghorror #horrornerd #climax #french #dance #consent #psychedelic #mob #disturbing #horrorpodcast #filmpodcast #podcastguest #horrorfilm #dance #gasparnoe #intimacycoordinator #frenchfilm #dancetroupe https://www.instagram.com/p/CIW3UPYJ15A/?igshid=1j3t90tvluh2e

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@annjamesreal/ @intimacycoordinatorsofcolor worked with @actorsequity and @theatricalintimacyed to draft this very important statement for our industry. 🙏🏽✨ . #intimacydirector #podcast #intimacycoordinator #intimacycoordinatorsofcolor #intimacychoreographyinconversation #podcastersofinstagram #podcastersofcolor #multihyphenate #international #womenempowerment #womxnsupportingwomxn #womensupportingwomen #theater #theatre #film #director #performance #choreographer #amplifymelanatedvoices #BIPOC #representationmatters #consentculture #inclusion #safespace to be #brave #intersectionality #antiracism #intimacy #advocacy https://www.instagram.com/p/CIRvNCGJm0g/?igshid=16268382l263c

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Check out what @annjamesreal and other intimacy choreographers have been finding about inclusivity in intimacy in academic settings. ✨This is a deep dive into some survey data on the actors and academics who need intimacy training to be more inclusive. Up for only 2 weeks! Thanks, The Intimacy Collective https://www.instagram.com/p/CIPmen9pBd5/?igshid=1f9xwwfebah7p

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#Repost from @icic_annandcarly . Ann @annjamesreal and Carly @thespomancer take a break from answering panel questions and discuss restorative and transformative justice: how integral this is to intimacy work, and how it informs the consent space and our performing arts and personal communities at large. **NOTE: In this episode, Ann mentions Time Out (a magazine) but meant to highlight the work of Time's Up, a leader in ensuring safety and gender equity in the entertainment industry and beyond.** . #intimacydirector #podcast #intimacycoordinator #intimacycoordinatorsofcolor #intimacychoreographyinconversation #podcastersofinstagram #podcastersofcolor #multihyphenate #international #womenempowerment #womxnsupportingwomxn #womensupportingwomen #theater #theatre #film #director #performance #choreographer #amplifymelanatedvoices #BIPOC #representationmatters #consentculture #inclusion #safespace to be #brave #intersectionality #antiracism #intimacy #advocacy https://www.instagram.com/p/CIKFwJCpOg_/?igshid=1cxf9cua7brgu

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We’ve got an exciting new episode coming at you next Friday! In the meantime, here’s some education we cis artists can use and work on to be better allies for our trans colleagues. #Repost from @icoc_edu . #tdor2020 #transawarenessweek #actorlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CH0ztLdphlQ/?igshid=dvd4ezviic2

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Episode 8 is out and it’s certifiably our most important conversation topic yet: Intimacy and Mental Health. @annjamesreal and @thespomancer discuss mental health, trauma-informed work, and some individual and institutional practices for supporting artists in a very fraught now. This episode was recorded on election day, November 3, 2020. Special shout-outs to @artwithimpact and the Trauma Resiliency Institute for their influence on this conversation. . #intimacydirector #podcast #intimacycoordinator #intimacycoordinatorsofcolor #intimacychoreographyinconversation #podcastersofinstagram #podcastersofcolor #multihyphenate #international #womenempowerment #womxnsupportingwomxn #womensupportingwomen #theater #theatre #film #director #performance #choreographer #amplifymelanatedvoices #BIPOC #representationmatters #consentculture #inclusion #safespace to be #brave #intersectionality #antiracism #intimacy #advocacy https://www.instagram.com/p/CHpM7F6JTsl/?igshid=1xp1dbqvdswt

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Tomorrow! Join podcast cohost @annjamesreal at the @artsadminofcolor conference this weekend - Ann will be speaking at 10:45am EST tomorrow, SUNDAY - link in bio! #Blackwomxnlead https://www.instagram.com/p/CHUGmQfpaen/?igshid=ryb6kje5rj83

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We will be back with a fresh new episode for you in a few weeks, but in the meantime we’ll be sharing some glimpses into other projects our fab team members work on when they’re not in the “booth” for our show! Here is a shot from co-host Ann James (@annjamesreal) before she went to set to choreograph intimate scenes on a new film project for an award-winning director. ✨ #Repost from @intimacycoordinatorsofcolor . So glad to be of service on set! Braver and safer intimacy coordinating is the way to go! (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-pXIrpdD9/?igshid=1i4csfx8dg449

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Its Friday *somewhere*, right?? 👀😅 We apologize for the delay in releasing, folx. We’re human and as you may have seen in the news today, #pandemicfatigue is very, very real. Draw a bath, light a candle, pour some essential oils and luxuriate in this new episode on consent and audiences, where Ann and Carly talk about intimacy intersecting with audiences in immersive, virtual, and educational spaces. We hope it revives you, inspires you, and gives us all the kindness medicine we need right now. Episode 107 is out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio... ✨♥️🎃 https://www.instagram.com/p/CG0jVEcHrIX/?igshid=achsn9o8j64j

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DM @intimacycoordinatorsofcolor your e-mail for an invite! #Repost from @intimacycoordinatorsofcolor . The Intimacy Collective and ICOC are partnering up to share vital data about the intimacy field. DM us your email if you'd like an invite. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGyRAtmpwcZ/?igshid=1p5hnvc03lf80

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ANDDDD WE’RE BACK! 💥 Good things come to those who wait, and they also come in small, 49-minute packages! Here’s a 1-2 punch 🥊 from our latest episode, where hosts @annjamesreal and @thespomancer discuss advocacy and gatekeeping in intimacy training! Take a listen and let us know what you think in the comments! And slide into our DMs with any questions 📨 https://www.instagram.com/p/CGasqo4JcNK/?igshid=b7coa6r1xtnu

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Episode 5: Intimacy Careers (part 2!) is ready for your eardrums. Here’s a snippet, where Ann and Carly answer the question, “Any advice on how to kickstart intimacy direction in your area, especially in an area that doesn't understand its importance to the production process yet?” Subscribe at link in bio for this and many, many other 💎✨💋 . . #intimacydirector #podcast #intimacycoordinator #intimacycoordinatorsofcolor #intimacychoreographyinconversation #podcastersofinstagram #podcastersofcolor #multihyphenate #international #womenempowerment #womxnsupportingwomxn #womensupportingwomen #theater #theatre #film #director #performance #choreographer #amplifymelanatedvoices #BIPOC #representationmatters #consentculture #inclusion #safespace to be #brave #intersectionality #antiracism https://www.instagram.com/p/CFkd1tEJBw0/?igshid=rxceysilc8ng