IDC Choreography for Stage & Screen 5

Question 1

An intimacy coordinator's choreography notes are subpoenaed in a harassment lawsuit. This scenario highlights the importance of:

Accepted Answer

Maintaining accurate, factual, and professional documentation from the outset of production

Answer

Professional documentation serves as both a choreographic record and a legal protection; it must be accurate and professionally maintained from day one.

Question 2

When working on a historical drama requiring period-accurate intimacy staging that conflicts with contemporary consent practices, an intimacy coordinator should:

Accepted Answer

Prioritize contemporary consent practices while using choreography and camera work to achieve the period-accurate aesthetic

Answer

Historical accuracy in storytelling never overrides the modern duty of care; skilled choreography can achieve period aesthetics within safe contemporary frameworks.

Question 3

A production assistant accidentally walks onto a closed set during an intimate scene rehearsal. The intimacy coordinator should:

Accepted Answer

Pause the rehearsal, ask the PA to leave, and ensure the set is properly closed before resuming

Answer

A closed set is a consent condition; any breach must immediately pause the scene and be corrected before work resumes, regardless of performer verbal assent.

Question 4

In the IDC framework, 'desensitization creep' refers to:

Accepted Answer

The gradual erosion of a performer's boundaries through repeated small escalations over rehearsal that go unchallenged

Answer

Desensitization creep occurs when incremental escalations accumulate into boundary violations that no single step would have produced alone, requiring active monitoring.

Question 5

Which rehearsal tool do intimacy coordinators commonly use to help performers identify and communicate their physical boundaries before choreography begins?

Accepted Answer

Body mapping or boundary visualization exercises where performers define touch zones on a body outline

Answer

Body mapping exercises give performers a low-stakes, visual method to define and communicate which areas of their body are available for touch in the work.

(IDC) Intimacy Directors and Coordinators Certification Practice Test

(IDC) Intimacy Directors and Coordinators Certification Practice Test

IDC Choreography for Stage & Screen 5