BROOKE M. HANEY

A History of Intimacy Professionals in Entertainment: An Inside Look at a Movement will be published August 1, 2025. It is the first book that explores the evolution of intimacy coordinators, choreographers and directors in the performing arts, highlighting the history of their critical role in fostering safe(r) and respectful environments on set and in theaters.

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Readers will gain a deep understanding of the history and importance of intimacy work in the entertainment industry, as told by an insider, along with insights into the creation of best practices and protocols and emergence of training organisations. Focused primarily on the USA, part one dives into the cultural events that impacted and galvanized the role of intimacy professionals, like Time’s Up, #MeToo, Black Lives Matter and the Covid 19 pandemic. It also looks at how unions and the press responded to and affected the movement as well as other communities that influenced the creation of protocols. Part two consists of interviews with global thought leaders, analysis and resources. 

A love letter to the intimacy industry, A History of Intimacy Professionals in Entertainment is meant for producers, directors, actors, educators, students in performing arts programs, and anyone who advocates for safer practices in entertainment. Intimacy professionals will also greatly benefit from having the knowledge of how we got here recorded.