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PERFORMING INTIMACY

intimacy coordination for film, tv & theater 

choreography | dramaturgy | education



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Intimacy in Film, Television & Theater

A Powerful Storytelling Medium 





A LITTLE HISTORY

Intimacy in film, television, and theater powerfully captures the connection,
vulnerability, and authenticity of characters, creating a deep bond between the
audience and the story. It explores themes like passion, love, desire,
disappointment, violence, trauma, and healing. For many years, intimate scenes
were left for actors and directors to handle on their own, often leading to
uncomfortable situations, misunderstandings, and breaches of consent. In some
cases, this lack of guidance resulted in traumatic incidents, power
exploitation, and abuse, impacting the artistic community as a whole.

 

The rising demand for specialized expertise drove pioneers in intimacy—many of
whom were self-taught choreographers with backgrounds in stage combat—to
document their skills and establish protocols for safe coordination of intimate
scenes. This collective effort led to the formation of the first formal training
programs, with support from SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild-American Federation
of Television and Radio Artists). In early 2020, the organization Intimacy
Coordinators & Directors (IDC) introduced the first standards for training,
working, and supervising professionals in the field. Today, IDC members work on
major streaming platforms such as HBO, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, and even on
Broadway. IDC is internationally recognized for its inclusivity, camaraderie,
and dedication to constantly improving and updating its educational programs.

 



WHAT DO INTIMACY COORDINATORS DO

Intimacy coordinators are specially trained choreographers who collaborate with
the creative teams on set and in rehearsal, ensuring the safe and authentic
portrayal of eroticism, sex, and intimacy in the performing and visual arts. We
contribute to setting new standards in work and training, elevating intimacy to
a dynamic storytelling medium that not only shifts the conditions of the
creative process but also produces powerful, thrilling, inclusive, raw,
uncomfortable, funny, and haunting moments for stage and screen.

 

Today, institutions like the Royal Shakespeare Company, Schaubühne Berlin, and
the Comédie-Française have in-house intimacy coordinators on staff, while in tv
& cinema, some of the most compelling examples of intimacy scenes, produced with
the guidance of this pioneering field are: Orange is the New Black (2013-2019),
Big Little Lies (2017-2019), The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-), The Deuce (2017-2019),
Succession (2018-), True Detective (2019), The Umbrella Academy (2019-),
Euphoria (2019-), Sex Education (2019-), Little Fires Everywhere (2020),
Promising Young Woman (2020), Bridgerton (2020-), I May Destroy You (2020),
Normal People (2020), Scenes from a Marriage (2021), West Side Story (2021), and
Poor Things (2023).












 

 

INTIMACY COORDINATOR 

Georgia Paizi



 

GEORGIA PAIZI (she/her) is a bilingual (Greek/English) Intimacy Coordinator,
movement teacher & funded choreographer, born in Athens/Greece (1985). Georgia
trained as an intimacy coordinator with the US-based Intimacy Directors &
Coordinators Professionals —Consent Forward Artist (Level 1 & 2, 2022-2023),
Accelerator Program (Phase 1, 2 & 3 2023-2024)— completing IDC's internationally
renowned training course recognized by SAG-AFTRA —IDC membership &
certification April 2025. 



Georgia is the first Greek performing arts professional, and one of the very few
based in Southern Europe & the Balkans, to specialize as an intimacy
coordinator. She has a background in dance & voice, and university degrees in
theatre & social sciences, with studies across Greece, Europe, UK & the US (BA,
PG, MA, vocational trainings). She is an ARTworks (SNF) fellow in choreography,
(2021), a State Scholarship recepient, and a  Gill Clark Bursary and Trinity
Laban awardee. 

Having worked primarily as a choreographer & movement educator in Athens, London
& Berlin -with additional experience as a performer in dance, film & theater, as
well as assistant directing and producing- Georgia brings over 10 years of
experience in the performing arts industry & education to her role as an
intimacy coordinator. She curates COCHLEA studia and is the artistic director
of international mid-career dance & movement course GUTS | EYES | BONES |
BOUNDARIES. She has a extensive experience in pioneering movement pedagogies in
Northen Europe & the US since the 1970s. She is a member of the Alexander
Technique teachers' International, the Skinner Releasing Technique teachers'
Network, the Greek Dance Union, and is a mother of two.



Georgia's approach to intimacy work is rooted in continuous education, high
artistry and strong bonds to the collegial community. She works closely with a
network of specialists whose embodied and professional expertise bring
nuance and diversity to her work, in confidence that simulated sex and intimacy
in film and performance are powerful storytelling elements that require detail,
care and multidisciplinary craftswomanship.



⫸ Find Georgia's full cv here







 

 

SPECIALISTS NETWORK

 



mental health & working with minors・POLINA ARVANITIDOU

pregnancy & labour・KLEIO VAFIA 

lgbtqi+ visibility & representation・PARVI PALMOU 

sex education・VIRGINIA XITHALI & VILI CHATZIGIANNI

restorative justice・ALEXANDRA STOURAITI 

disability & neurodiversity visibility & representation・AGGELIKI SAKELLARIOU  

BIPOC visibility & representation・tbc 

ROM visibility & representation・tbc

legal・IOANNA STENTOUMI












IC RESOURSES




IC PRESS

 



SAG - AFTRA intimacy coordinator resourses

SAG - AFTRA standards & protocols 

SAG - AFTRA quick guide to nudity & simulated sex

Journal of Dramatic Theory & Criticism 

The Intimacy Coordinator's Guidebook

Supporting Staged Intimacy

Staging Sex










 



LA Times

NY Times

The Guardian

INDEPENDENT

CNN

Rolling Stone 

American Theater Magazine







GEORGIA PAIZI

contact@georgiapaizi.com  |  0030 690 9853 355 

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