SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANT PRESENTATIONS

Erin Alys, Incorporating Understudies: approaches gathered from intimacy colleagues
Tiffani Hagan, Problems in Power: Navigating Intimacy Choreography as a Graduate Student
Katy Hahn, Reaching All Collaborators in Higher Education
Jasmine Nicole, Intimacy Coordination for Verticals,
Cara Rawlings, Grappling With Consent: A Consent-Centered Framework for Fight Choreography

Erin Alys (she/her)
Actor, Intimacy Director, Teacher

Presentation: “Incorporating Understudies: approaches gathered from intimacy colleagues”
Erin Alys resides in Chicago and holds an MFA in Acting & New Work from The Ohio State University. She has studied Viewpoints and Suzuki with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company and teaches Viewpoints, Voice and Movement, and Acting at The Chicago Actor Studio. She is certified in Mental Health First Aid and has been a student of TIE and an active Intimacy Director since 2019. Recently, Erin taught and performed in residency at the University of Wyoming and prior to that was on the national tour of *Jurassic World Live Tour,* produced by Feld Entertainment and NBC Universal. For more information, visit erinalys.com

Tiffani Brooks Hagan (She/Her)
Graduate Student, University of Kansas Department of Theatre

Presentations: “Graduate Student Intimacy Choreographers: A Round-Table Discussion”

Tiffani Brooks Hagan is a current graduate student at the University of Kansas, pursuing her PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies. She is a director, dramaturg, and intimacy choreographer whose research focuses on pedagogical practices in the rehearsal space. Tiffani holds a Bachelor of Arts in musical theatre and history from Converse University (2019) and a Master of Arts in theatre studies from the University of South Carolina (2022). She is currently serving as the Managing Editor for the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, and she holds a beginner diploma from TIE.

Cutter Ray Palacios (they/them)
SAG-AFTRA Actor | Certified Intimacy & Mental Health Coordinator,
IATSE Local 80 Set Medic, Lifeguard, & Crafts Service,
Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist

**Presentation:** Expanding Your Scope: Promoting Mental Health in Your Intimacy Work
**Cutter Ray Palacios** is a LA & ABQ-based certified Intimacy Coordinator (IPA 2021) and Intimacy Choreographer for Live Performance (IPA 2024), as well as a certified Mental Health Coordinator (AMHC 2024). They serve on the Board of Directors and as Treasurer of the Association of Mental Health Coordinators (AMHC), and chair the Mental Health Initiative within the Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee at SAG-AFTRA’s LA Local. Cutter also served in leadership to Unionize Intimacy Coordinators with SAG-AFTRA.
As an active member of SAG-AFTRA, IATSE Local 80, MPTF Next Gen Performers, New Filmmakers LA, and the Coalition of Labor Union Women, Cutter is deeply engaged in building a cross-disciplinary community. They are primarily known for organizing gatherings that connect intimacy professionals and mental health advocates in the entertainment industry.
Cutter brings over a decade of experience in film and television, both on- and off-camera. They are also a former 9-1-1 EMT, a certified Wilderness First Responder, and a California Certified Peer Support Specialist with a focus on crisis care. Additionally, Cutter runs a BDSM organization for 18-35 year olds in LA. They hold a Certificate of Achievement in Labor Studies from Los Angeles Trade Technical College.

Jordan Taylor (they/them)

Presentation: Consent is Covid Justice

Jordan Taylor (they/them) is a Chicago-based theatre-maker, peer supporter, and an aspiring intimacy director who is rooted in a Disability Justice and Covid Justice practice. Jordan received their MFA from Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House. Jordan brings years of advocacy experience here in Chicago around COVID safety in the performing arts.
Jordan is presently building a Covid-Conscious Theatre Collective centering Black, Indigenous Theatre Artists of Color who have been actively excluded from theatre spaces.
Jordan currently works as a Peer Support Specialist at Trans Lifeline - an anti-carceral grassroots/microgrants organization offering direct emotional and financial support for the trans community, by the trans community.