IDC Study Guide 2026
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📚 IDC Topics to Study (63)
✍️ Sample IDC Questions & Answers
1. How does an intimacy coordinator handle a situation where two performers have conflicting comfort levels for the same choreographed moment?
The coordinator always works within the more restrictive performer's limits and does so discreetly so neither performer feels their limits are disclosed or compared.
2. The term 'proxemics' is most relevant to physical storytelling because it addresses:
Proxemics, coined by Edward Hall, studies how physical distance between people communicates social and emotional meaning—a core tool in staging intimate or dramatic scenes.
3. Which facilitation practice best models consent culture for participants during a workshop on intimacy coordination techniques?
Asking permission in real time before touching a demonstration volunteer models the exact consent practice participants are expected to transfer to their own work.
4. Under IDC standards, when is it appropriate to film or record a training workshop?
Informed consent for recording is required from all participants; no institutional authority supersedes individual participant consent.
5. Which of the following is an example of 'boundary creep' in an intimate scene rehearsal?
Boundary creep occurs when small successive requests slowly push past negotiated limits; coordinators must recognize and halt this pattern before it compounds.
6. In IDC training, the 'intimacy continuum' concept is used primarily to:
The intimacy continuum framework helps facilitators assess the relative complexity and risk of different intimacy tasks when designing sessions.