Intimacy Direction
As an Intimacy Director, I serve as an advocate and liaison between actors and the production team. I focus on creating a consent-forward and collaborative environment to create choreography that tells the story behind the intimate moment. In my work, I love to play with balance of softness with passion, tension and release, and use of breath to create embodied storytelling. My favorite way to work is along side directors, movement or dance professionals, and the actors, so together we can build a moment that is authentic, nuanced, and moving.
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Testimonials:
Liz’s thorough and diligent approach to intimacy has contributed to creating one of the best rehearsal processes I’ve had the luck to be involved in. The care she consistently exhibited in regards to the actors’ safety combined with her passion and advocacy for intimacy itself being a narrative element that not only fit within the story of the play, but drove it forward, has allowed me and my castmates to have the space to explore and express the physical life of these characters while never being in doubt that Liz would be there to support us in and through the vulnerabilities that arise with intimate work. The language she has so carefully and intentionally shared with us gave us the tools to build the trust in each other, as well as in her, that was so vital in portraying the most exposed moments for these characters. - Cristiano Benfenati Click here for my Intimacy Welcome Packet. 
Beat Poetry, East 15 Acting School. Dir. Daniel York Loh.
Actors: Jinyu Dan and Wendy Wang 
Beat Poetry, East 15 Acting School. Dir. Daniel York Loh.
Actors: Jinyu Dan and Wendy Wang |
Jane Eyre, East 15 Acting School. Dir. Tracy Collier.
Actors: Cristiano Benfenati and Theo Ambrosini 
Jane Eyre, East 15 Acting School. Dir. Tracy Collier.
Actors: Cristiano Benfenati and Theo Ambrosini 
Jane Eyre, East 15 Acting School. Dir. Tracy Collier.
Actors: Cristiano Benfenati, Theo Ambrosini, Pilar Mendoza |