Amanda Rose:
Intimacy Director & Coordinator

A moment from THE INHERITANCE: PART 2 at Geffen Playhouse, choreographed by Amanda Rose

I fuel sustainable storytelling while facilitating clear communication among collaborators.

Intimacy Choreography is a specialized artistic technique for effectively crafting performances of heightened emotional and physical intimacy, as well as an ethical approach to performances in which actors are asked to leverage their lived identities onstage. As an Intimacy Choreographer, I facilitate clear communication between actors, directors, and production teams as well as creating moving and memorable choreography that supports storytelling while making performances sustainable for performers over time.

I do this by advocating for consent throughout the artistic process, facilitating clear boundary communication, and crafting specific, detailed choreography for performances of intimacy, ranging from kisses to graphic simulations of intercourse. I also support policy development and implementation.

My goal is always to support artistic teams in consensually crafting powerful performances.

Qualifications below.

  • The Inheritance: Part 1 (2022)

  • The Inheritance: Part 2 (2022)

  • A Little Night Music (2023)

  • A Little Night Music (2023)

  • Poltergeist (2019)

  • The Drowsy Chaperone (2017)

  • The Inheritance: Part 2 (2022)

  • The Inheritance: Part 2 (2022)

  • Uncle Vanya (2022)

  • Poltergeist (2019)

  • Devised Theatre Intensive Boundary Practice Workshop

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (2022)

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (2022)

A moment from UNCLE VANYA at Pasadena Playhouse, PC

Selected Recent Credits

La Mirada Theatre La Mirada, CA
Jersey Boys (2024)

North Coast Repertory Theatre Solana Beach, CA
Intimate Apparel (2024)

Geffen Playhouse Los Angeles, CA
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (2024)
Every Brilliant Thing (2023)
The Inheritance: Part 1 (2022)
The Inheritance: Part 2 (2022)

Santa Monica Playhouse Los Angeles, CA
Women of Zalongo (2023)

Pasadena Playhouse Pasadena, CA
A Little Night Music (2023)
Sanctuary City (2022)
Uncle Vanya (2022)

Qualifications

My practice is rooted in research, experience, and training. I am…

…Co-Founder and Editor of The Journal of Consent-Based Performance, the first peer-reviewed journal for research related to consent and intimacy in performance.

…Co-Founder of the Rocky Mountain Artists Safety Alliance, which established a platform of disclosure, informed consent, and centering safe practices within the performance industry.

…Theatrical Intimacy Education Guiding Faculty who trains future intimacy choreographers and coordinators across the US, who has earned all levels of the TIE Diploma.

…a consent consultant, intimacy choreographer, and intimacy director who has trained with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (formerly Intimacy Directors International), Moving Body Arts, and Intimacy Professionals Association as well as earning all levels of the TIE Diploma

…Mental Health First Aid certified. I have also earned IPA’s Emotional Intelligence for Intimacy Coordinators Certificate and Certification in Culture, Language, and Social Practice (CLASP) Mediation.

…a facilitating faculty of, and ongoing mentor for, the annual Theatrical Intimacy Education Educator Advocate Program.