IDC Training & Workshop Facilitation 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When designing a workshop for actors new to intimacy choreography, which sequencing principle is most important?
- Begin with the most complex partnered exercises to build skill quickly
- Progress from individual body awareness exercises to partnered work (Correct answer)
- Start with full scene work so actors understand the end goal first
- Alternate randomly between solo and partnered tasks to maintain interest
Correct answer: Progress from individual body awareness exercises to partnered work
Scaffolding from individual to partnered work builds foundational body awareness and psychological safety before introducing relational dynamics.
Question 2: A participant in your workshop discloses mid-exercise that a movement triggered a trauma response. What is the IDC-aligned immediate response?
- Encourage them to push through to desensitize the trigger
- Pause the exercise, offer grounding options, and check in privately afterward (Correct answer)
- Ask the group to continue while you speak with the participant quietly
- Document the disclosure and continue the workshop without interruption
Correct answer: Pause the exercise, offer grounding options, and check in privately afterward
Pausing and offering grounding prioritizes the participant's safety and models trauma-informed facilitation for the entire group.
Question 3: Which tool is considered essential for establishing psychological safety at the start of any IDC-facilitated workshop?
- A signed NDA among all participants
- A detailed rehearsal schedule distributed in advance
- A clearly communicated consent vocabulary and opt-out protocol (Correct answer)
- A warm-up game that requires light physical contact
Correct answer: A clearly communicated consent vocabulary and opt-out protocol
Consent vocabulary and opt-out protocols give participants language and agency before any physical or emotionally intimate work begins.
Question 4: In facilitation theory, 'holding the container' refers to what practice?
- Managing the physical props used in intimacy scenes
- Maintaining a safe, boundaried environment where participants can explore openly (Correct answer)
- Recording session notes to be reviewed by the director later
- Preventing outside observers from entering the rehearsal space
Correct answer: Maintaining a safe, boundaried environment where participants can explore openly
Holding the container means the facilitator actively sustains the psychological and physical safety conditions that allow genuine exploration.
Question 5: A director asks you to skip the opening consent discussion to save rehearsal time. The most appropriate IDC response is to:
- Comply since the director has final authority over rehearsals
- Offer a condensed but non-negotiable version of the consent protocol (Correct answer)
- Conduct the consent discussion after the first exercise when actors are warmed up
- Allow the director to lead the discussion using their own language
Correct answer: Offer a condensed but non-negotiable version of the consent protocol
Consent protocols are non-negotiable; an intimacy coordinator can streamline but never eliminate them regardless of time pressure.
Question 6: Which of the following best describes the 'yes/no/maybe' inventory used in IDC workshops?
- A scheduling tool actors use to confirm availability for intimacy scenes
- A self-assessment exercise helping participants identify their personal comfort levels with specific acts or content (Correct answer)
- A legal form signed before each intimate scene
- A director's checklist for rating scene complexity
Correct answer: A self-assessment exercise helping participants identify their personal comfort levels with specific acts or content
The yes/no/maybe inventory is a reflective tool that helps participants articulate boundaries and preferences before partnered work begins.
Question 7: When co-facilitating a workshop with another IDC practitioner, which practice best supports role clarity and participant safety?
- Designating one facilitator to handle all verbal communication and one to manage props
- Conducting a pre-workshop debrief to align on roles, pacing cues, and intervention protocols (Correct answer)
- Allowing roles to emerge organically during the session based on participant needs
- Having the more senior practitioner make all real-time decisions without consultation
Correct answer: Conducting a pre-workshop debrief to align on roles, pacing cues, and intervention protocols
Pre-workshop alignment ensures co-facilitators respond cohesively, reducing participant confusion and gaps in safety coverage.
IDC Training & Workshop Facilitation 2
When designing a workshop for actors new to intimacy choreography, which sequencing principle is most important?