How do you get to be an Intimacy Co-ordinator!!!!

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Keep reading about these, they help actors with sex scenes e.g. Normal People and Bridgerton.

Got me wondering how the heck you get into a job like that. Somehow I can't imagine the Careers Adviser at school coming up with that suggestion I'm not saying I want to be one, mind.

Any ideas?

Be really good at pushing bums up and down?

Ita O'Brien started off in dance IIRC. She sees the sex scenes as 'choreography' and certainly not 'pushing bums up and down' as 'Normal People' showed.

www.itaobrien.com/

They emerged from the metoo movement apparently. I don't know if the intimacy coordinator s company insists on a mention ,but one of the young actors from it's a sin was talking about it in an interview. I would imagine it isn't going to be in a careers day at school though 😄

I know!

I know people have to eat but some of these 'careers' in the media/entertainment industry...

Well if they're paying/hiring, can't blame the 'experts' and 'coordinators'.

I think this particular career is a worthwhile one. Lots of actors have said in the past they are just left to get on with it WRT sex scenes and especially the female ones saying they have felt violated at times.

Intimacy coordinators take that away, and they know all the tricks/camera angles to make sure that the actors feel safe and although it looks as if they are having sex they are actually hardly touching!

Not an intimacy co ordinator, but my nephew is a H&S officer for a performance company, and part of his remit has been developing guidelines and process for consent in close physical contact, and trying to develop a meaningful culture for people to say they aren't happy with the direction/requirements/other performers request/action - its a massive job esp as its not just about the lead performers. He was a stage manager before moving to H&S

All very interesting thanks