Laurel Anne Stowe

Intimacy Choreographer, Consultant, & Educator

IT IS MY GOAL TO CREATE A SAFER, SECURE, AND BRAVE SPACE FOR ALL by supporting THE ACTORS, DIRECTORS, AND PRODUCTION TEAM TO SERVE THE STORY while also protecting the most vulernable in the room.

What is intimacy choreography

Intimacy Choreography is the creative ​and technical process used to portray ​both physical and emotional intimacy, ​nudity, and sexual violence on stage. ​However, it extends beyond sexual ​content alone and encompasses ​aspects like race, disability, religion, or ​age.

My job is to choreograph intimacy that ​ensures that the production staff, ​director, and actors are provided with ​solid techniques to excel at delivering ​impactful and compelling narratives, ​while protecting the most vulnerable in ​the room.

What I do

Choreography:

I use a consent based, trauma informed process. I work with actors within their boundaries, using de-loaded, de-sexualized language to choreograph scenes of an intimate nature

Consulting:

I work with your administrators to create best practices, sample audition forms, disclosure forms, riders, and policy for your theater.

Education:

I host educational workshops for directors, educators, or students to teach the basic principals and techniques of intimacy choreography.

My Practice

Consent & Boundaries:

I work with the consent and within the boundaries of not only the actors involved, but the whole production team. Consent is contextual, conditional and revocable. Boundaries change : and everyone's boundaries are perfect exactly where they are!

Trauma Informed:

I use de-loaded and de-sexualized language.

Documentation:

All choreography is documented.

Education & Training

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting and Directing

• Theatrical Intimacy Education:
  

-Best practices

-Foundations of race, intimacy, and consent

-trauma informed practices

-working with minors

• Mental Health First Aid Certified
  

Highlights

My Favorite Season :

Theater Bug

Alive:

Dark Horse theater

The Runner stumbles :

The Weekend Theater

almost, maine :

The weekend theater

Workshops:

Belmont University

TN Educational Theatre ​Association

Third Coast Comedy Club

Based in

Nashville, TN

@laurelannestowe

laurel@laurelannestowe.org