13 September  2024

Check out the latest issue of Conversations a Journal of the Dance Studies Association for a video essay and transcript on Psychological Safety in the Western Concert Dance Technique Class. This work was published by Halie Bahr, Cat Kamrath Monson, and Nicole Perry and details how they foster consent, autonomy, and psychological safety in academic dance classes..

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10 July  2024

Check out the latest episode of the "Ballet Help Desk" podcast with Brett and Jenny! These 2 dance moms talk to Nicole and Sarah about what is Intimacy Direction, why dance should have Intimacy Direction, and how students and teachers can have the tricky conversations around consent and boundaries in dance class!

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7 July  2024

Intimacy Direction in Dance co-founder Nicole Perry will be presenting on the connections of consent and agency in dance education, specifically as it relates to grading at the 2nd Annual Dancing with Decolonisation Global Conference on August 1. Registration is free. 

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24 June  2024

Momentum Stage, a non-profit organization offering professional development opportunities for dance makers and dance educators now offers "Care-full Creativity Accreditation" for dance studios, conventions, camps and academic programs. This 5-part training incorporates power dynamics, consent, trauma-informed practices, touch, and criticism. According to the website, "Care-full Creativity is designed to support dance educators and creators in developing and sustaining consent-forward, trauma-informed creative practices to facilitate resilience, center student mental and physical safety, and foster confident performances."  

Learn more about the program here. 

Momentum Stage was founded by Intimacy Direction in Dance co-founder Nicole Perry. 

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22 March  2024

2 of our Intimacy Direction in Dance co-founders, Nicole Perry  and Sarah Lozoff contributed to the chapter (16) on Intimacy and Dance in the new "Intimacy Coordinator's Guidebook", edited by Brooke M. Haney, available from Routledge on April 1, 2024. Sarah's contributions include working with professional dancers and Nicole speaks to working in academic dance. Order yours now. 

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9 November  2023

Intimacy Direction in Dance co-founder Nicole Perry  was a guest on "Making the Impact: a Dance Competition Podcast", alongside Keanu Uchida, talking about abuse in dance. Check it out here. 

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7 November  2023

Intimacy Direction in Dance co-founder Nicole Perry  led a Power Dynamics and Consent workshop for the faculty of Theatre, Dance and Film at W&L University in Lexington, VA on September 26, 2023. 

Nicole co-presented at the National Dance Education Organization annual conference and the Utah Dance Education Organization annual professional development day with  dance education Halie Bahr (University of Southern Utah) and Cat Kamrath-Monson (University of Wyoming) on "Psychological Safety in the Dance Studio."

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7 July  2023

Intimacy Direction in Dance co-founder Nicole Perry was a guest on Apolla Performance sponsored Beyond the Steps podcast today, talking about helping dancers distinguish the difference between  a risk and a boundary. Check it out here. 

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26 June  2023

Minding the Gap, a mental health resource and training organization for dancers and dance companies is hosting a Deep Dive, 3 learning sessions on specific topics in dance training this summer. Intimacy Direction in Dance (IDID) is looking forward to providing a workshop: Creating Consent in Dance on July 30 at 1pm ET. Virtual and recorded. 

All 3 IDID founders will be offering their best available practices for creating consent-forward dance training spaces. Examples will include studios, K-12, higher ed, and professional work. 

Register now for this important workshop. 

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23 June  2023

If you are a member of IADMS, you can get free access on their website to a panel conversation between dance leaders worldwide on harassment and abuse. The panel included IDID's Nicole Perry and Renee Redding Jones. 

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12 April  2023

Linked here is the press release for the Lunchbox Sessions, hosted by NC State University's Dance Department. The Lunchbox sessions gather important speakers from the world of professional dance with students, teachers, alumnae, and community members for learning and conversation. 

Email us to book a training for your university, conservatory, or pre-professional training program.

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5 March 2023

Linked here is the press release for the training held for the Dance Department at Kansas State University. 

Email us to book a training for your university, conservatory, or pre-professional training program.

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5 March 2023

Intimacy Direction in Dance offers training in consent, intimacy choreography, and ethics of touch specifically for university dance departments. Sessions can be tailored for students, faculty, guest artists, or all of the above.  Upcoming trainings include: 

Kansas State University

North Carolina State

Email us to book a session for your dance department!

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29 December 2022

In an interview with the new AD of Oklahoma City Ballet, Ryan Jolicouer-Nye, Intimacy Direction in Dance's Sarah Lozoff was mentioned for her work with the company to bring foundations of Intimacy Direction into ballet. See the article here. 

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23 November 2022

Nicole Perry was a guest presenter at the Ann Craft Trust Conference for Safeguarding Adults in Sport, in Nottingham, England. Nicole specifically addressed power dynamics in dance spaces. 

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27 October 2022

Congratulations to choreographer Christopher Rudd, the beautiful cast of dancers at ABT, and Intimacy Director Sarah Lozoff on your world premiere of "Lifted", starting tonight!

You can still see this ballet in NYC this weekend. Get tickets for ABT's Fall Season here. 

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24 October 2022

Nicole Perry was honored for Intimacy Direction on four different productions in the South Florida Theatre 2021-22 Season last Monday, October 17, 2022, with a Silver Palm Award. Given for "An Outstanding Contribution", Perry received the award for work on Theatre Lab's "To Fall in Love" and "Overactive Letdown", New City Player's "Lungs", and Island City Stage's "One in Two". Perry worked on ten live theatrical productions and one opera last season in South Florida. Her work on "To Fall in Love" has also received a Carbonell nomination. The Carbonell Awards are November 7, 2022 in Lauderhill. 

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9 September 2022

Ballet News!

We are so excited by the news that the following US ballet companies have included the use of Intimacy Direction in their new AGMA union agreements!

• BalletMet

• Cincinnati Ballet

• New York City Ballet

• Pacific Northwest Ballet

Bravo!

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