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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1656384464081-FO4PG3OWBOPRJYBWYDML/Passing+Strange+BW+-+Rehearsal+-+Cessalee+10-06-22+%282%29.jpg Intimacy Consultant - As an Intimacy Director, Cessalee’s methodology is to open avenues of communication and support the boundaries and well-being of all artists and personnel on the production. She approached the work as an opportunity to empower agency, self-determination, and storytelling in a consent-based environment. In Australia, her intimacy work has been seen at Malthouse Theatre, Darlinghurst Theatre, Griffin Theatre and in the National Tour of Jagged Little Pill. She has completed over 100 hours of training with IDC, Intimacy Coordinators of Color, Theatrical Intimacy Education and Intimacy Coordinators Australia and is currently under mentorship with Alicia Rodis. As an intimacy professional, Cessalee believes that a consent-based practice leads to greater overall wellbeing for company members and more authenticity in storytelling. Working across film, tv, commercials, and music, Cessalee’s methodology is to support storytelling and create choreography that responds to the intersectional dynamics that are present in a space including identity, power dynamics, personal and psychological safety, bias, time, budget, and experience. Leading with advocacy, her approach is to support artists, artistic teams, crew and producers with language and tools for the identification, conscious communication, and respect of boundaries before, during and after intimacy on stage or screen. Fundamentals of intimacy work: Consent-forward practice, grounded in context Brave work that happens within well-defined boundaries Supporting the right to agency over safety for artists, crew, cast and creatives Navigating power dynamics so those without power don’t have to Creating choreography and movement to align with storytelling and personal boundaries Offering closure practices for company As an intimacy professional, I can provide: Audition notice language and support Rider preparation Script consultation Company workshops Wardrobe consultation Barriers and modesty garments Establish consent practices Director consultation Confidential actor consultations Rehearsal support Choreography of intimate scenes Notation of choreography Closed set protocols Power and Safety workshops (cast, crew, and creatives) Intimacy workshops (cast, crew, and creatives) Specialties: Theatre intimacy Commercial intimacy Interracial intimacy Visible intimacy Masked intimacy Simulated heterosexual intimacy Childbirth / Maternal intimacy Movement / Dance based intimacy Contact Cessalee for a no-obligation consultation (link to contact page) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1653904563686-RHXNIP3C1R0G6MROF9O9/P8040907.jpg Intimacy Consultant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1656310691202-L77CF9Y8ACOTI07SXMUW/Screen+Shot+2022-06-27+at+4.13.54+pm.png Intimacy Consultant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1656310755558-4M5LV5XDXIDMBTATPM37/Screen+Shot+2022-06-27+at+4.14.18+pm.png Intimacy Consultant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1656384591098-JZW6HA6JLVHZQDH3NSJK/Passing+Strange+-+Rehearsal+-+Cessalee+10-06-22+%287%29.JPG Intimacy Consultant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1f985489-0749-4f7c-ba07-5c1a304dd538/image005.jpg Intimacy Consultant Wedding Singer, Australian National Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/6afa0b49-2176-4481-ba00-999bd02c1301/image006.jpg Intimacy Consultant Orange Thrower, Griffin Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/3701a51d-5012-43ec-8112-0b2275852823/image007.jpg Intimacy Consultant Jagged Little Pill, Australian National Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1870d044-b251-4acf-adbe-282181fc1869/image008.jpg Intimacy Consultant Stay Woke, Darlinghurst Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/9d2a16dd-e7f8-49ef-91c9-76ab3cc852bb/nosferatu+2.jpeg Intimacy Consultant Nosferatu, Malthouse Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/84d203da-1741-4a5f-b420-2170d6f4d47b/nosferatu.jpeg Intimacy Consultant Nosferatu, Malthouse Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/e00a5523-db9b-46d8-9847-ed6bf98e5a91/rsz_callan_colley__caroline_craig___photopiajohnson.jpg.jpg Intimacy Consultant Anna K, Malthouse Theatre https://www.cessalee.com/equity-inclusion-specialist daily 0.75 2023-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/2fe7e301-c80e-4ebf-90ab-6668fdeae554/Cessalee+Ophelia+Smith-Stovall+-+20-12-22+%28138%29+Hi+Res.jpg Equity & Inclusion Specialist - As an Equity & Inclusion Specialist, Cessalee supports organisations who are seeking meaningful ways to embed equity and inclusion into their practices, policies and procedures. She helps arts, for-purpose, and social enterprise companies assess their organisational maturity in diversity, equity and inclusion and identifies ways to encourage the journey from idea to action, serving as an objective guidance and information source for employers and employees. TESTIMONIALS Since our first meeting it was clear to me that Cessalee was the change-maker our industry needs and we began working together immediately. In Stage A Change, Cessalee has created an organisation that advocates and educates. She looks to create pathways to reach spaces which had previously been made unavailable to historically excluded humans. She offers a suite of workshops and educational opportunities for both artists and arts leaders. Her services have a ripple effect throughout our entire sector as she works diligently to remove barriers with respect and patience. Cessalee’s practice is a vital service to the theatre ecology and has the very real potential of generating lasting change. - AMYLIA HARRIS - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, DARLINGHURST THEATRE COMPANY "Our work with Cessalee/Stage a Change has enabled Malthouse Theatre to develop an action based, practical and exciting Equity Action Plan, that has been embraced by the whole company. Cessalee's arts sector knowledge combined with her expertise in diversity, equity and inclusion best practice underpins a program that is well paced, allows time for reflection and is in itself an example of successful inclusive practice. As a result we have a clear and cohesive pathway forwards and are more equipped to turn our plan into measurable actions. -SARAH NEAL - CEO, MALTHOUSE THEATRE "Since her arrival in Australia, Cessalee has proven herself to be a force for change in our sector and we most enthusiastically welcome her energy and perspective as a cultural advocate." - SONYA SUARES - ACTRESS/DIRECTOR/DRAMATURG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1656311730405-B9GF15GI7DP4L1RSFBBO/P8040907.jpg Equity & Inclusion Specialist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1656311983392-YK991E75B4OD98FVQNEO/Screen+Shot+2022-06-27+at+4.13.54+pm.png Equity & Inclusion Specialist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1656313182599-QRRW2DZF0ZGUQOTS763V/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-06-27%2Bat%2B4.13.40%2Bpm.jpg Equity & Inclusion Specialist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1656313218792-O7RFNC5N23XUJNIOS884/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-06-27%2Bat%2B4.14.18%2Bpm.jpg Equity & Inclusion Specialist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/c1f97fe9-6ea9-4420-969f-f084f5321218/ATC_Brandmark_Vertical_Orange_%26_Black_RGB.png Equity & Inclusion Specialist Antipodes Theatre Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/3c11b4fc-bc6c-4a25-8261-d17aaac10de8/pic+2.png Equity & Inclusion Specialist Intimacy Coordinators of Color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1b334ee2-76d3-4b52-9fb8-420290d70d15/pic+1.png Equity & Inclusion Specialist Theatrical Intimacy Educators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/4c5c77b4-cf20-48cf-aecb-143dc0165da1/Untitled_design%2816%29.png Equity & Inclusion Specialist La Boite Theatre Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/ce84ca20-3741-47d7-bc14-9a4756ddbb55/16300231_1231229146913773_1090727856921252187_o.png Equity & Inclusion Specialist Born In a Taxi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/69ff39af-99b5-4238-a0f7-cbeaef0c25a3/pic+3.png Equity & Inclusion Specialist Intimacy Directors and Coordinators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/e5f85bbc-fa9e-40d2-8999-d7c9ab82b7f8/logo-darling-hurst-theatre-co.jpg Equity & Inclusion Specialist Darlinghurst Theatre Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/7491751f-abf3-4c01-88cd-e135af7fc839/malthouse-theatre-job.jpg Equity & Inclusion Specialist Malthouse Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/94963465-5832-4706-b796-c049e0a174a4/326755253_5918301198259632_632054059518992132_n.png Equity & Inclusion Specialist Audiocraft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/7f557ac7-c9e9-4dd9-8c13-accc060f1570/tina-head.png Equity & Inclusion Specialist Tina: The Tina Turner Musical https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/580528ff-9445-429e-9b04-b9adb64c8643/images.png Equity & Inclusion Specialist Sydney Theatre Company https://www.cessalee.com/cultural-consultant-1 daily 0.75 2022-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1653538749118-SU8I72N9DBHLIIJQW3Z1/P8040907.jpg Cultural Consultant - As a Cultural Consultant, she works closely with productions to support artistic vision, identity and communication. From development to pre-production to performance, she works alongside the director, dramaturg and artists to enhance the authenticity of the work, while supporting artists to have agency over their own identity and to feel heard and seen in the theatre-making process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1656311289821-3SRI5FA3H96K19HPGAFA/P8040907.jpg Cultural Consultant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1656311345749-3K1F39Q45QYJJ07M4XBS/Screen+Shot+2022-06-27+at+4.13.40+pm.png Cultural Consultant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1656311468432-G48OW57CJI9S0SLZ4YVF/Screen+Shot+2022-06-27+at+4.13.54+pm.png Cultural Consultant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1656311525076-9BFOXFZX81H0P1BN5POK/Screen+Shot+2022-06-27+at+4.14.18+pm.png Cultural Consultant https://www.cessalee.com/casting-consultant daily 0.75 2023-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b5bfde9ed16709db50ee0a/1653538839272-LA4ZR21RNOVYKALCBNHD/Casting+Consultant.jpeg Casting Consultant - As a Casting Consultant, Cessalee works with casting directors, directors, producers, and production companies to streamline and elevate the safety, diversity and success of the auditions and casting process. Cessalee supports the casting team by offering communication before the audition process for both the creative team and auditioners, she offers representation in the audition rooms, and is a key advocate for artists, acing as a single support officer sitting outside the casting power dynamics. Further, she specialises in auditions and casting that are looking to increase representation of historically excluded individuals, offering cultural guidance and advice through auditions. Recent Projects: 2023 - Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Darlinghurst Theatre 2022 - Tina! The Tina Turner Musical (Diversity Equity and Inclusion Consultant) 2022 - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Matt Ward Productions 2022 - Anarchy (Development), Matt Ward Productions 2021 - S. S. 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