This workshop is an introduction to consent-based practices in the creative process, specifically for those in teaching, directorial, or choreographic roles. Intimacy for the Stage is a hot topic in the professional performance, but consent needs to be considered in performance training as well. After the Creating Consent Culture in Performing Arts Training Workshop, the performing arts educator and/or maker will be able to create a plan of creative practice for consent-based rehearsal rooms and classrooms that center the work, while upholding student safety and agency. The material is applicable to teachers and creators in any setting.

Nicole Perry is a Certified Intimacy Director, as well as Intimacy Coordinator and dance choreographer in South Florida. Recent credits include a Broward County Artist Investment Grant for a new dance work, and choreography and intimacy choreography for the US premiere of The Glass Piano at Theatre Lab. She also did the intimacy coordination for Arena, an award-winning short film and an episode of First Wives Club. Nicole is a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst and teaches dance at the University of Miami. She is a regular contributor to DanceGeist Magazine. Nicole is the founder of Momentum Stage, a non-profit that provides professional development to dance and theatre artists and educators. Nicole is a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and the Association of Theatre Movement Educators. She apprenticed with Intimacy Directors International. Instagram: @initmacychoreofl