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Intimacy Coordinator /Access Coordinator/ Artist / Director / Choreographer
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Western Sydney artist, Shondelle, is an internationally accredited intimacy director, coordinator and pedagog, Access Coordinator, choreographer, performer, teaching artist, director, theatre Maker and award-winning web series writer. She has worked with Australia's leading theatre companies including Opera Australia, Monkey Baa, CDP, Teg Dainty, Ensemble Theatre, Force Majeure, Pacific Opera, Ensemble Theatre, The Darlinghurst Theatre Company, NIDA, David Venn Productions, Squabbalogic, Gordon Frost, Disney, The Really Useful Company, NewTheatricals, New Ghost Theatre Company, Mad March Hare Theatre Company, Redline Productions. She also leads workshops at NIDA, the Actors Centre, Sydney Actors School, JMC Academy and AFTRS, In 2019, Shondelle was in the UK working with Bamboozle Theatre Company as a Directing Fellow, thanks to the generosity of the Mike Walsh Fellowship. In 2020 Shondelle received a grant from the Australia Council to study Intimacy Coordination with Ita O'Brien. Shondelle completed her Intimacy Pedagogy and intimacy directing certification with Ita O'Brien and Intimacy On Set in the UK. She then went on to study intimacy coordination with Claire Warden and Marcus Watson from Intimacy Directors and Coordinators in the USA and completed both trainings in theatre and film in April 2025. in 2023, Shondelle was invited to the USA by Theatre Intimacy Education's Professor Chelsea Pace and Laura Rickard to participate in their Education Advocate Program, which focuses on best international practice in intimacy choreography for higher Education Institutions. 20 international educators are chosen each year for the program. This was supported through the generosity of Create NSW and the American Arts Association. Shondelle's bespoke workshops on consent mechanics and improvised play are also available for K-12 students. |
