Our publication contributes to the evolving practices of intimacy choreographers, intimacy directors, and intimacy coordinators, by publishing articles focused on theory and practice-based research related to the ways in which we perform and are performed upon by consent, intimacy, and lived power imbalances--onstage, on set, and in lived experience.
We publish Notes From the Field that center authors' opinions and experiences so that readers may learn from the multitude of artistic experiments conducted in our field, and we publish scholarly Articles that more deeply analyze theories and practices of consent-based performance.
Current Issue
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): Consent is an Access Issue: Rethinking Disability, Accessibility, and Consent-Based Theatre Practices
In approaching a second themed issue, the editorial board reflected upon this statement, asking ourselves: where might assumptions most often be derailing efforts to promote consent and equity within our work? as well as asking whose disenfranchisement is most often assumed to have been addressed without awareness of the human’s true needs and without their input?
In collaboration with Guest Editor Dr. Catherine Vrtis, we curated an issue that highlights Access Intimacy, Accessibility, and steps that consent-based practitioners can take to counteract the ableist practices we've inherited. Changing the ableist expectations of profession and culture will not be easy, but it is absolutely necessary; consent is an access issue, there can be not Disability Justice without it.
Published: 2025-01-20
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The Journal of Consent-Based Performance promotes community-based learning among intimacy professionals. Our publication contributes to the evolving practices of intimacy choreographers, intimacy directors, and intimacy coordinators, by publishing articles focused on theory and practice-based research related to the ways in which we perform and are performed upon by consent, intimacy, and lived power imbalances--onstage, on set, and in lived experience.
We publish peer-reviewed Notes From the Field that center the authors' opinions and experiences, so that readers may learn from the experiments that our artistic community is conducting, and research-based Scholarly Articles that examine concepts of consent and agency in relationship to performance practices and pedagogy through more rigorous methodological and theoretical lenses.