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Cindy's attention to detail and directional suggestions showcased her thorough knowledge of intimate scenes, whilst maintaining the boundaries and consent of all actors involved.

Hannah | Actor

The Pill

Intimacy Coordination/Direction

Enter Exit Bag
Tell Me Something*
Smoke and Mirrors
Who We Once Were
She F**ked a Comedian
Touch
Why

Coming and Going
Bad Nights & Blood Moon
Blue Aurora
Brutally Alchemy of Water
Brother*
Who's Your Boy
Kick in the Teeth
Moth to a Flame
The Pill
Sense Condoms TVC
Heaven is a Place
Good Cop Bad Cop
Behind the Smile
Mislead
Don’t Stay for Me
Third Space
Stiletto
Street Car Named Desire
Hair
Rent (QPAC)
Shakespeare's in Love
A Midsummers Night Dream
* in preproduction

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Intimacy Consultant
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Intimacy Consultant

Intimacy Coordinator (2nd)
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Intimacy Consultant
Intimacy Coordinator
Intimacy Coordinator
Intimacy Consultant
Intimacy Consultant
Choreographer
Intimacy Director
Intimacy Director
Intimacy Consultant (tech)
Intimacy Consultant
Intimacy Consultant

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Additional on set experience (other role)

A Very Jonas Christmas (Disney+), The Miniature Wife (Magoo Productions), Law and Order Toronto (Prime), Relationship Goals (Amazon MGM), Copenhagen (Universal), Murderbot (Apple TV), The Boys (season 4 & 5) (Sony Pictures Entertainment), Fellow Travellers (Paramount), Dream Scenario (Square Peg Films), Witch Mountain (Disney+), Motherland.

Consent and Wellbeing Education Specialist

Design and deliver targeted professional development workshops guiding educators to implement consent protocols, student wellbeing, and risk-aware teaching in performing arts and education settings.

Cindy truly enhanced the energy on set for us, and for that I am very thankful!

Sean | Director

Victorian Dance Festival

Principal Intimacy Professional phase 2 workshop assistant (Italy)

Drama QLD State Conference 

Ausdance QLD Dance Educators State Conference 

Ausdance QLD Safedance for Kids content contributor (wellbeing, consent)

Public/private QLD schools and private studios

Qualifications/Registrations

SAG-AFTRA accredited certification in Intimacy Coordination/Direction

Trained with Principal Intimacy Professionals who provide robust application and certification processes - 2 year program for full certification.

  • Covering: consent/boundaries, power relationships, script breakdown, choreography (masking, anchor points), modesty garments, unique protocols, best practices for film/television, sex education, gender education, choreography (voice, breath, kink, inclusivity, masking), modesty garment application, barriers, mental health first aid applications, mentorship

Tertiary 

Queensland University of Technology

Bachelor of Creative Industries (Dance) honors

Bachelor of Education (Secondary) distinction

Griffith University

Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)

Other

QLD College of Teachers - full registration

Yoga teacher

Mental health first aid

Certificate IV TAE

Additional Intimacy Professional
Specific Training

International Conference for Intimacy Coordination (2024)

Topics covered: mental health in creative process, creative impact, structuring intimacy for sex and violence, IC processes. 

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Screenwell

Psychological Safety for the Screen Industry

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Theatrical Intimacy Education (USA)  

Workshops undertaken:

  • Staging outercourse Chelsea Pace​

  • Staging a kiss Chelsea Pace​

  • Staging Intercourse Chelsea Pace

  • Staging non-consensual intimacy Chelsea Pace​

  • Voice and Intimacy Jeremy Sortore

  • Pregnancy and intimacy Kim Shively/Laura Rikard

  • Actors and intimacy  Laura Richard

  • Costumes & intimacy various​

  • Intimacy Best Practices Chelsea Pace​

  • Working with minors Kim Shively/Lusie Cuskey​

  • Best practices for K - 12 various

  • Intimacy for live performance Chelsea Pace

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Association Of Mental Health Coordinators

  • Mental Health First Aid

  • Conflict in Creative Spaces

  • Core Curriculum​​

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National Society for Intimacy Professionals (CAN) 

Workshops undertaken:

  • Camera basics for intimacy professionals 

  • Costumers and intimacy various 

  • Musicals, Dance and Opera

  • Community cafes various

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Intimacy Professionals Education Collective (USA)

Workshops undertaken:

  • Anatomy of an apology Rachel Flesher/Charlie Bake

  • Robust closure practices Jessica Bennetts/Charlie Baker

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Key Intimate Scenes (AUS)

  • On Set Safety (medic perspectives) Hamish Young

  • Dramaturgy for intimacy Dr Lori Leigh â€‹â€‹

  • Legislation and intimacy coordination

  • Children and Young Persons Regulation

  • Union regulations

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Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (USA)

  • Queering text analysis for staging intimacy Adam A Elsayigh

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Intimacy Professionals Association (USA)

  • Intimacy and Comedy Rebecca Johanssen

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Actors 360 Studio with Kristina Arjona (USA)

  • Modesty garment masterclass

  • Kissing on camera   

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DANCE SPECIFIC

  • Consent in dance spaces Minding the Gap (USA

  • Educate against sexual Abuse and Harassment International Association of Dance Science â€‹

Professional reading

The Intimacy Coordinator's Guidebook

Edited by Brooke M. Haney

 

Intimacy Directing for Theatre

Edited by Dr Ayshia Mackie-Stephenson

 

Non-violent communication 

Marshall B Rosenberg

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Wheel of Consent

Betty Martin

 

Staging Sex  

Chelsea Pace

Cindy was incredible on set. Her specificity made myself and the other actor feel comfortable and educated.

Courtney | Actor Behind the Smile

Additional SAG-AFTRA suggested

  • Mental Health First Aid Screenwell (AUS)

  • Conflict and Ethical Storytelling Association of Mental Health Coordinators

  • Bystander intervention Behind the Scenes 

  • Gender introduction Behind the Scenes 

  • Anti-racism workshop National Society of Intimacy Professionals 

  • Introduction to gender diversity Provincial Health Services Authority

  • What is consent? â€‹Consent Wizard

  • Preventing sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment Luise Ammerscuber

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As a former professional dancer and Performing Arts educator, I am now an internationally certified Intimacy Coordinator. My extensive training, is leveraged with aligned tertiary qualifications and diverse transferable skills to attentively support productions. I take a collaborative approach to enhance intimate storytelling, while contributing to a dynamic, unforgettable on set experience.

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