Trained through Intimacy Directors International, and mentored extensively by the founder of Intimacy Directors and Coordinators, Olivia Buntaine specializes in choreographing unconventional and creative intimacy scenes through a pedagogical lens of intersectionality and trauma-informed care. She is especially skilled at navigating scenes of intimate violence, sex and power, and fantastical, hyper-stylized moments of intimacy
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Credits
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Grand Canyon Pussy / Sorority Theater Projects / Los Angeles
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Big Ones / Theater of Note / Los Angeles
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The Smell of Something to Eat / Theater of Note / Los Angeles
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Deadpan / Theater of Note / Los Angeles
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The Tragedy of Medusa / Son of Semele / Los Angeles
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Queer Burlesque / The Commons Theater Collective / Los Angeles
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What You Will / The Actor’s Company / Los Angeles
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Hot Tragic Dead Thing / The Blank Theater / Los Angeles
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Mama Mama / Coin and Ghost / Los Angeles
Teaching
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Intimacy and Violence / Professor at Stella Adler Academy of Acting, August 2020 onward
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Intimacy in Performance / Assist. to Jessica Steinrock, November 10th, 2018, 1-4pm
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Intimacy in Performance / Assist. to Jessica Steinrock, August 26th, 2019, 10-6pm
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Intimacy in Performance / Assist. to Jessica Steinrock, 3 workshops and Q and A, September 5th, 2019
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Intimacy in Performance / Assist. to Jessica Steinrock, September 7th, 2019, 1-4pm
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Intimacy in Performance / Assist. to Jessica Steinrock, September 21st and 22nd, 2019, 10-6pm
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Training
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2020 International Intimacy Choreographers Intensive (8 Day), Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, February 2020
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2018 International Intimacy Choreographers Intensive (3 Day)
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University of Illinois, August 3-5, 2018
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2018 Unofficial Apprentice Program, Intimacy Directors International
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40 Hour Domestic Violence Advocate Training, House of Ruth=
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Claremont Colleges, 2014