A recent workshop in Los Angeles highlighted the emergence of intimacy coordination as a professional and necessary role in filmmaking. Participants learned techniques like vocal exercises for portraying orgasms while being trained by experts like Yehuda Duenyas, who co-founded CINTIMA. This workshop is part of a broader movement established through SAG-AFTRA's certification programs aimed at ensuring actors' safety and comfort during intimate scenes. The evolution of this field reflects changing attitudes around consent and professionalism in the entertainment industry, demonstrating a keen awareness of the importance of choreographed intimacy in storytelling.
"I was participating in a four-day sex-choreography workshop run by CINTIMA, which Duenyas co-founded in 2023. It is one of twelve certification programs accredited by SAG-AFTRA to train intimacy coordinators."
"My CINTIMA classmates were hoping to join a rapidly professionalizing field. In April, for example, the Intimacy Professional Summit... featured panels such as 'Sex Parties, Orgies, and Other Large Scenes' and 'Romancing the Past.'"
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