Lisa Petty
Movement and intimacy director and choreographer known for work with actors on physical storytelling and consent-based intimacy direction, with a dance career that began in 1980s New York and later research into wartime dance halls.
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Mar 9, 2026 • 52min
How I use touch to tell stories — my work as an intimacy director
Lisa Petty, movement and intimacy director who began dancing in 1980s New York, guides performers in consent-based physical storytelling. She discusses choreography of touch, how physical detail shapes character, wartime dance halls as luminous intimacy, safety enabling creativity in intimate scenes, and the role of proximity and presence in performance and parenting.
