Staging Sex : Best Practices, Tools, and Techniques for Theatrical Intimacy.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Brief Contents -- Detailed Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Old Approaches -- Old Approach: "Just Kiss Each Other!" -- Old Approach: The Actors Talk It Through -- Old Approach: The Actors Talk It Through (Over There) -- Old Approach: Show, Don't Tell -- Old Approach: Let the Choreographer Do It -- Old Approach: The Sharing Circle -- Old Approach: Chemistry Lessons -- Getting Better at Staging Sex -- What the Old Approaches Ignored -- The Power in the Room: the Director -- The Power of the Room: Human Psychology -- How This Book Can Help: Three Big Ideas -- Create a Culture of Consent -- Desexualize the Process -- Choreograph It -- Who I Am and What This Book Is -- CHAPTER 1. Tools and Techniques -- Environmental Factors -- The Boundary Tools -- Button -- Games for Practicing "No" and Button -- Simon Says (with Some Twists) -- The Circle Game (or "Yes" with a Twist) -- Fences -- Gates -- The Boundary Practice -- Boundary Practice Modification -- What to Say: The First Time through the Boundary Practice -- Group Boundary Practice -- Quick Check-Ins -- Navigating Resistance -- Placeholders -- De-Roling -- Stop Stepping In -- Boundary Breakers -- Joking Around -- Additional Boundaries -- Making Mistakes -- CHAPTER 2. The Ingredients -- Opening and Closing Distance -- Opening and Closing Hands -- Telling Stories -- Directing Distance -- Levels of Touch -- Level 1: Skin/Powder/Touching -- Level 2: Muscle/Paint/Moving -- Level 3: Bone/Clay/Pulling -- Tips for Using Levels of Touch -- Choreographing with Levels of Touch -- Tempo and Counts -- Trying Counts -- Putting It Together -- The Shapes -- Arcs (or Curves) -- Angles (or Lines) -- Figure Eights -- Putting It on Its Feet -- Destination -- Eye Contact -- Try It with a Partner -- Other Applications.

Visible Power Shifts -- Try Visible Power Shifts -- Using What Ifs and Visible Power Shifts -- Breath and Sound -- Short and Long -- Shallow and Deep -- High and Low -- Sharp -- Vowels and Consonants -- Putting Voice, Breath, and Movement Together -- Gravity and Weight -- Playing with Gravity -- Playing with Weight -- Combinations with Gravity and Weight -- Kissing -- Ground Rules -- Talk about that Kiss -- Opening and Closing Distance -- Counts -- Level of Touch -- Destination -- The Kiss Conversation -- Trying It with Your Hands -- Common Fixes for Bad Kisses -- Alternatives to Kisses -- Putting the Ingredients to Work -- Choreographing -- Tweaking -- Documenting -- Writing Recipes -- Notating and Coaching Choreography -- Actor Documentation -- Production Documentation -- Practicing with an Open Scene -- CHAPTER 3. Staging Intimacy -- Who is in the Room -- Vulnerability -- Practicing Vulnerability -- Partner Up -- Put It in Motion -- Introduce Touch -- Moving Together -- Staging Sexual Violence -- De-Roling in Sexual Violence -- Staging Nudity -- Have a Backup Plan -- Additional Thoughts -- CHAPTER 4. Recipes -- Embrace -- Variations -- Kiss -- Variations -- Oral Sex -- Masturbation and/or Digital Stimulation -- Penetrative Sex -- Feeling and Touching -- Teasing -- Removing Clothes -- Intimacy with Lots of Text -- Stylization -- CHAPTER 5. Production Logistics -- Company and Department Policies -- Chain of Communication -- Casting -- Audition Disclosure Form -- Placeholders in Auditions -- Recasting and Reimagining -- Rehearsal Schedules -- Intimacy Calls -- Intimacy Choreographers -- Staffing the Production -- Considerations for Designers and Technicians -- Front of House Staff and Ushers -- Content Warnings -- Boundaries with the Audience -- Talkbacks -- Post-Show Reviews -- CHAPTER 6. Staging Sex: A-Z -- Strategies for Actors.

Strategies for Teachers -- The Cheat Sheet -- APPENDIX Theatrical Intimacy Education -- Index.

Staging Sex lays out a comprehensive, practical solution for staging intimacy, nudity, and sexual violence, whether in rehearsal or in the classroom.

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