INTIMACY DIRECTION | Alexis Black

Intimacy professionals for safe, dynamic, and repeatable storytelling.
Alexis is proud to be a certified Intimacy Director with Intimacy Director’s & Coordinators. A Certified Intimacy Director (ID) with IDC has trained in the 5-Pillar methodology specifically for theatre and live performance. These distinguished professionals represent the highest standard in intimacy artistry for the stage. The team has hired individuals with extensive movement, sensitivity, and industry training.
Alexis also serves as a teaching artist with IDC, leading Level one and Level two certification workshops, as well as co-creating the course content for "Stage Managing Intimacy" with AEA Stage Manager Tina Newhauser.

Projects that include intimate action require special attention deepening the connection to movement, chemistry and closure. Alexis Black directs these scenes with an emphasis on physical storytelling and responsible partnering, fitting the scene seamlessly into the production as a whole.

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WOMEN DESIGNERS

MAKE IT WORK ONSTAGE

By Catey Sullivan

A member of the Society of American Fight Directors, Black is also a certified intimacy director with Intimacy Directors International [now IDC]. She's designed with sex and blood and bodies from Broadway to South Korea.

"It's not like the movement [of including more women/nonbinary designers] is excluding men," she says. "Women in design aren't waiting for someone else to create space at the table. They're saying, 'Hey, we're making this table bigger.'"

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