Columbia College Chicago recently launched its Intimacy for Stage and Screen program, an in-depth, year-long graduate certificate program focused on coordination, choreography, and advocacy for ...

Sheryl Williams knew the kiss was a trick — that’s how the stage direction described it. But after her male lead twitched his head from her cheek to her lips, as he was supposed to, she froze. The ...

Award-winning filmmaker, director, actress, and intimacy professional Jamie Monahan is set to lead two events in April 2025, providing invaluable insights into intimacy directing, intimacy ...

When Carla Pantoja first got the script for “Stage Kiss,” running Jan. 16-Feb. 16 at City Lights Theater Company, she flagged every instance of violence or intimacy. “It was a book full of tabs,” says ...

According to Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development, a theory developed by psychologist Erik Erikson in the 1950s, there are eight stages of psychosocial development: trust versus mistrust, ...

In December 2018, I interviewed professor Jenny McKnight at Indiana University to talk about her new role as intimacy choreographer for the theater department. Back then, the position was in its ...

In my practice as a psychotherapist, I’ve observed a remarkable pattern in the lives of people who are striving for a life filled with healthy intimacy. As I describe in my book Deeper Dating, this ...

It takes a lot of people to put on a play or musical, most of whom never appear on stage unless they’re moving set pieces and props in the dark between scenes. For its upcoming production of the ...

Many theater productions and films in the past few years have added a person on set beyond the cast and crew: an intimacy coordinator. This third-party advocate creates a “safe space” during moments ...

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In my practice as a psychotherapist, I’ve observed a remarkable pattern in the lives of people who are striving for a life filled with healthy intimacy. As I describe in my book Deeper Dating, this ...