The Agreed Need: an Introduction to Sexual Choreography
Creating the Illusions of Intimacy through Constructed Choreography
Violence in Motion is excited to announce we are working with Anita Nittoly to bring you The Agreed Need: An Introduction to Sexual Choreography on November 5, 2023, at Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement. The goal of this workshop is to introduce students to the process of creating illusions of intimacy through choreography.
The two-hour course is priced at $150.00. You can sign up for the course here.
About the Workshop
In 2018 HBO committed to using Intimacy Coordinators and the industry has embraced this new role offering safety for performers on screen and stage. Since the industry has come back from the Covid19 pandemic more productions are starting to use staged intimacy professionals. This is knowledge that is important for any performer, director, or those looking to pursue a career in intimacy direction.
Students can expect:
collaborative intro: what does intimacy look/sound like?
non-contact/contact ice-breaker games
creative partner assignment to create the illusion of intimacy
conversation about individual needs and room requirements as performers/creatives/designers in the rehearsal hall and on set
*Student participation is not mandatory.
About Your Guest Instructor:
Anita Nittoly is a Toronto-based Intimacy Choreographer, Fight Director, and Stunt Performer. From Stratford to Star Trek, Anita arrives with professionalism and innovative intimacy/fight design; she meets the challenges of the day with kindness and efficiency. Her approach to the work is both serious & playful, technical, collaborative, and high-spirited. She continues to be a supreme support to accomplished performers and creatives alike, building a safe atmosphere and supporting individual needs.
Selected Fight Director and Sexual Choreographer credits: Wildwoman (SoulPepper), Hamlet (The Rose); Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (TIP), Fall on Your Knees (CanStage/NAC); Counter Offence (Segal Centre); Fairview (Canstage); Prodigal (Crow's Theatre); Trojan Girls and The Outhouse of Atreus (Outside The March/Factory Theatre); Our Place (Cahoots/TPM); The Last Wife, The 39 Steps, Successions (Centaur Theatre); Whole World (Carousel Players); Don Quichotte, Die Walkure, Carmen (Canadian Opera Company, *Associate Fight Master).
Stage Combat Instructor, Fight Director, and Sexual Choreographer: National Theatre School
Selected stunt performer/stunt actor credits: Law & Order Toronto, SEE, Star Trek: Discovery, Pretty Hard Cases, Titans, The Boys, Rabbit Hole, What We Do in the Shadows, various Ubisoft motion capture productions.
Upcoming: Angels in America (Buddies in Bad Times), Bad Roads (Crow's), Jesus Christ Superstar (Here for Now), Truth (YPT), The Retreat, The Flood (Imago), Stratford 2024.
