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Comment: I am not persuaded by the source that they are an Emmy Award winning person. That source is unreliable 🇵🇸🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦🇵🇸 09:20, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
- Better reference on Emmy award from Television Academy. I've reworded the lead to more concisely describe the nature of the subject's contribution to the work.[1]Apriltools (talk) 17:36, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: I have migrated a swathe of argument by the creating editor to the talk page.It seems very odd behaviour for the inclusion of a file with is a likely copyright violation by the creating editor after this argument in favour of inclusion. Nonetheless I will consider reviewing this draft 🇵🇸🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦🇵🇸 09:18, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
- OMG, I made it abundantly clear that the photograph must be owned by the subject or released by the photographer -- I have no idea what happened here -- I have an email in to the subject asking what happened.
- I provided the "swathe" as a convenience to busy AFC participants. The previous declining editor seemed to assume that every citation in an article has to pass WP:N. That editor also requested that I make some kind of paid declaration on the face of the draft.[1]
- I have a response from the subject's staffer. The photo deleted in the Commons was indeed taken by the staffer on the subject's iPhone, the photograph was used on [2] without permission. The staffer who uploaded the photo, owns the copyright.
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Yehuda Duenyas | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 50–51)[2] Los Angeles[2] |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, choreographer, performer, filmmaker [3] |
| Years active | 1997 to present |
| Known for | Intimacy Coordinator |
| Website | Official website |
Yehuda Duenyas (he/they),[4] is a Los Angeles based, Experiential Director and Intimacy Coordinator,[5] known for being the first "sex choreographer" credited in a professional programme.[6]Duenyas is the founder and creative director of Mindride, producer of the Emmy Award winning work,[1] Love Has No Labels.[3][2]
Early life and education
Duenyas was born in Los Angeles, California, earned a Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Theater from Skidmore College and a Master of Fine Arts in Integrated Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). In the late 1990s, Duenyas moved to New York City, where they became active in the downtown performance and experimental theater scenes.[7]
Career
Experimental theater and burlesque
From 1999 to 2009, Duenyas was a founding member of the National Theater of the United States of America (NTUSA), an OBIE Award-winning collective known for immersive, genre-bending performance. During this period, Duenyas also performed under the name Duke Lafayette as a burlesque artist at The Box in New York City.[2] In the early 2010s, they toured nationally with Dita Von Teese.[3]
Intimacy Coordination
Duenyas began their work in Intimacy Coordination in 2007 while directing Purity by Thomas Bradshaw, a play featuring explicit and emotionally charged material.[8] Duenyas developed early consent-based frameworks to protect actors physically and emotionally.[9] In 2015, Bradshaw invited Duenyas to choreograph intimate scenes for his play Fulfillment.[10] Rather than accept the title “consultant,” Duenyas requested to be credited as Sex Choreographer, emphasizing the artistic legitimacy of the work,[3][2] Duenyas transitioned to intimacy work for film and television in 2016 and has since worked across most genres and formats.[4]
...Humans are storytellers, and even hard stories reveal truths that teach us about our humanity. But just as stunt scenes require choreography, planning, and safety protocols, so too do scenes depicting sexual violence. Actors have the right to clear communication, advance notice, and robust consent frameworks—especially when portraying physically or emotionally vulnerable material.
Intimacy Coordination select credits [4]
- Intimacy for film credits include:
- Faye Driscoll’s Weathering (NY Live Arts; The Blackwood, Toronto)
- The Beautiful People (Rogue Machine, LA)
- Tom Bradshaw’s Fulfillment (The Flea, NYC; ATC, Chicago).
- Film and TV credits include
- MONSTER: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (NETFLIX);
- Westworld S4 (HBO);
- The Afterparty S2 (APPLE TV);
- American Gigolo (Paramount+).
Experiential and commercial work
Beyond Intimacy Coordination, Duenyas works in immersive and experiential storytelling. The Ascent (2011),[12][13] depicts an interactive installation in which participants levitate using EEG brainwave sensors. Premiered at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), the work combined neuroscience, meditation, and performance to explore themes of surrender and transcendence.[14] Duenyas has directed and designed experiences for clients including Google, YouTube, Netflix, HBO, Showtime, Audi, Spotify, MGM/UA, and Walt Disney Imagineering.[5]
Awards and recognition
- Love Has No Labels[15]
- Primetime Emmy Award
- 8 Cannes Lions
- 11 Clio Awards
- 2 Facebook Awards
- 2 Webby Awards[16]
- OBIE Award – National Theater of the United States of America[17]
In 2022, Duenyas co-founded CINTIMA (Cinematic Intimacy Artists),[7] a SAG-AFTRA accredited training program,[18] for aspiring Intimacy Coordinators.[19][20]
References
- ^ a b "Persuade & Influence / Mindride". Television Academy. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
- ^ a b c d e Paumgarten, Nick (2015-10-05). "A Sex Choreographer at Work". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2023-10-23. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ a b c d Cohen, Anne (2016-12-15). "Sex Choreographer Filming Theater, TV, Movie Sex Scenes". Refinery29. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ a b c "Blackwood Gallery". Blackwood Gallery. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ a b "UNIT9 is an innovative studio". UNIT9. 2017-10-29. Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ Williams, N.J. (2024). Canonical Misogyny: Shakespeare and Dramaturgies of Sexual Violence. Edinburgh University Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-3995-0229-0. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
Kari Barclay names Yehuda Duenyas as the first 'sex choreographer' to be credited as such in a professional programme, in acknowlegement of his worn on Thomas Bradshaw's Fulfullment at the Flea Theater in New York in 2015.
- ^ a b "Mission". CINTIMA: Intimacy Coordinator Training. 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ^ Bradshaw, T. (2007). Purity. G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Samuel French. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-573-65011-6. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ Taylor, Kelly-Anne (2021-02-05). "How does filming sex scenes work? Intimacy Coordinators explained". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 2024-07-22. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (2015-09-22). "Review: Thomas Bradshaw's 'Fulfillment,' on One Man's Ceiling, and His Frustrations". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ Clark, Sophie (2025-05-28). "Kevin Costner sued over "unscripted" rape scene". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2025-05-31. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
- ^ Kaminer, Ariel (2012-06-22). "'The Ascent': Levitating in Brooklyn". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "Is There A Place In Human Consciousness Where Surveillance Cannot Go? Noor: A Brain Opera" (PDF). p. 175. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ Lamont, Tom (2011-03-13). "Yehuda Duenyas's flight of fancy". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Persuade & Influence / Mindride". Television Academy. Archived from the original on 2025-05-09. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "HOW ARE WE". Onassis Foundation. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ^ Rocco, Claudia La (2018-04-02). "'DON JUAN'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "Training Program Accreditation". SAG-AFTRA. Archived from the original on 2025-02-07. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ^ Wilson, Jennifer (2025-06-09). "How I Learned to Become an Intimacy Coördinator". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2025-06-13. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ Beyda, Katherine (2025). The Creative Producing Handbook: An Insider's Guide to Production. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-04-034210-7. Retrieved 2025-05-12.