Intimacy Choreographer

Amanda Rose
Villarreal

Amanda Rose Villarreal is an intimacy choreographer and immersive artist. They are an associate faculty with Theatrical Intimacy Education, as well as having trained with IDC, IPA, and Moving Body Arts. Amanda Rose earned their M.A. in Theatre Production with an emphasis in Directing from Central Washington University and their Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder. After recently relocating to the L.A. area, they have choreographed intimacy for Pasadena Playhouse’s Uncle Vanya. Other recent intimacy choreography credits include work with The Catamounts and Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, as well as creating consent mechanics for, and performing in, playable performances at Sinking Ship Creations in NYC and Moonrise LARP in Chicago. Amanda Rose is also co-founder and editor of the Journal of Consent-Based Performance, and assistant faculty of Theatre Education at California State University Fullerton.