The role of the Intimacy Coordinator is to support a screen or stage production by providing a safe, professional environment and clear structure and process for the choreography of intimate content. In the same way a stunt coordinator is engaged to realise a scene with physical risk, the Intimacy Coordinator is engaged to realise a creative, repeatable, and safe intimate scene.

They are someone who works with the director, creatives, and actors to ensure that any scenes that require a certain level of intimacy are done so safely and respectfully, with everyone’s comfort levels and consent being addressed.

It is a new role that observers of, and participants in the Industry, are still becoming familiar with. To enlighten us and to dispel any of the mystery, STAGES welcomes to this episode an old friend and champion of the entertainment industry in Australia, Chloe Dallimore.

Chloe is known to audiences for a swag of stage triumphs in Musical Theatre including Crazy For You, Chicago, The Wizard of Oz, The Producers and The Addams Family. She is also known to the industry as a fierce and dedicated leader in her role as national president of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance; a role she navigated with elegant style and committed focus, for seven years.

She is now a recognised and .much sought after presence on television and film sets; and in rehearsal rooms, as an Intimacy Coordinator. With a passion for dance, movement and choreography, and with a career spanning over 20 years, it would appear that Chloe is an ideal ally to assist in the management of such content, making the workplace a safer and efficient place for everyone.

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