INTIMACY PROFESSIONAL

Stephanie provides intimacy direction and coordination at any level of practice:

• K-12 arts education

• College/University theater and film making

• Community Theater

• Independant Filmmaking

• Professional Theater / Film

• Modeling / Photography

Van Huss’s direction is trauma-informed and rooted in the pursuit of safety, transparency, and empathy. Her policies and practices come from

• Curricula development by the New Jersey Center for Theatrical Intimacy - a coalition of experts who specialize in theater, dance, embodiment, trauma counseling & recovery, and education for all ages.

• IDC - SAF-AFTRA Certification

I can be hired to choreograph & facilitate the following (and more) for stage and screen:

• Simulated sex acts

• Acts of power-based personal violence

• Movement that indicates connection & disconnection within relationships and family units

• Nudity & states of undress

• Intimate moments with performers under the age of 18

I can be hired to provide Professional Development around the following (and more) for stage and screen:

• Consent & Boundary setting for Adult Performers

• Consent & Boundary setting for Youth Performers

• The role of the Production Staff in intimacy work

• The role of the Producer(s) in intimacy work

• Adults working with performers under the age of 18

• Intimacy Work the Centers LGBTQ+ & Disabled performers

• Intimacy Work that celebrates all body types

• Embodiment work - developing a character

(SELECT) INTIMACY DIRECTION CLIENTS

• Women In Theater Festival NYC - Project Y Theater
• Luna Stage, West Orange
• Rutgers University - Mason Gross School of the Arts
• The College of New Jersey
• Rider University Westminster School for the Performing Arts
• Middlesex County Center for Empowerment
• Livingston Theater Company
• ReThink Theatrical
• Dunellen High School
• Highland Park High School
• The JCC of Bridgewater