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Title
Directing desire : intimacy choreography and consent in the twenty-first century / Kari Barclay.
ISBN
9783031312229 electronic book
3031312228 electronic book
9783031312212
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-31222-9 doi
Call Number
PN2071.S49 B37 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
792.02
Summary
Directing Desire explores the rise of consent-based and trauma-informed approaches to staging sexually and sensually charged scenes for theater in the contemporary U.S., known as intimacy choreography. From 2015 to 2020, intimacy choreography transformed from a grassroots movement in experimental and regional theaters into a best practice accepted in Hollywood and on Broadway. Today, intimacy choreographers have become a veritable "intimacy industry" in the cultural sphere, sparking attention from Rolling Stone to The New York Times to the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. This book analyzes the forces that have led to intimacy choreography's meteoric rise and asks what implications the field has for theater practice more broadly. Building a theoretical framework for intimacy directing, Directing Desire also strives to reorient the conversation in the field so that artists understand not only best practices in consent but also intersectional frameworks that expand and rework consent.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 28, 2023).
Chapter 1. Introduction Boundary Practice
Chapter 2. Erotic Repetitions: A Brief History of Intimacy Choreography
Chapter 3. Sexual Script Analysis: Sex Positivity and Authorship in Intimate Scenes
Chapter 4. "Intermediate" Pornography: Mediating Presence with the Intimacy Kit
Chapter 5. Playing with Trauma: Race, Consent, and Culturally Responsive Intimacy
Chapter 6. Immersive Intimacy: Violation and Transformative Justice in Immersive Performance
Chapter 7. Conclusion: Keep in Touch.
