Intimacy Direction you can trust:
Certified, Experienced, Published
Alexis is proud to be a certified Intimacy Director with Intimacy Director’s & Coordinators, the premier organization for consent and intimacy training in the entertainment industry.
She has served as intimacy director for over 25 productions with over 6 years of experience in the field, and also serves as a teaching artist with IDC in their certification program.
Alexis is co-author of "Supporting Staged Intimacy: A Practical Guide for Theatre Creatives, Managers and Crew" with Tina Newhauser.
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.'"
intimacy
workshops
Alexis has taught Intimacy for the Stage Workshops at the Cleveland Playhouse, over 15 Universities in the US and for theatre companies in Washington DC, Michigan, and more.
2019
FIGHT, MOVEMENT DIRECTION & INTIMACY
CONSULTATION
Hudson Valley
Shakespeare Festival
Tour and at HVSF Center's JULIUS CEASAR
"These two turn up the heat on stage, making the indoor temperatures simmer to match the outdoor melt-down. The charisma between them is scorching and it is easy to believe that their love is the inspiration for "Romeo and Juliet," a play that would transform how love was perceived on stage."
- Encore (Michigan)
"We know trouble is brewing from the first notes of Leonard Bernstein's titillating score, and yet the opening scene evolves
slowly allowing us to savor every detail the music evokes."
- Encore (Michigan)
