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rates

My time and training are both valuable. Rates are based on industry standards for fight choreographers, movement choreographers, and other intimacy professionals. Rates vary depending on the project, but I've provided the following estimates to help you budget. If using daily rates, please be sure to include tech and dress rehearsals. 

 

I do not wish my rates to be prohibitive. All rates are negotiable--please contact me to inquire (lizwhittakeremail@gmail.com)​

intimacy direction for theatre: COMMUNITY, SEMI-professional
& educational

Flat rate per project 

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Includes: 

  • Communication with director, actors, and other members of the creative team

  • Use of intimacy kit as needed (hygiene items, barriers, modesty garments) 

  • Blocking and choreography

  • Assistance with writing content guide if desired

  • Advocacy, mental health coordination, and conflict mediation for entire production as needed

  • Attendance at rehearsals as determined by production needs

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Tiers are determined by averaging the following 3 criteria: 

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Tier 1: $100 - $300

 

Tier 2: $300 - $500

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Tier 3: $500 - $750

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Tier 4: $750 - $1,125

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Tier 5: $1,125 - $1,500

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Tier 6: $1,500 - $2,000

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Tier 7: $2,000 - $2,500

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If work takes place more than 75 miles from Orem, Utah, please provide lodging, travel, and per diem.

intimacy CONSULTATION

This option is for when a project has sensitive material and you'd like some expertise on how to navigate it, or would like my training to be available as a resource, but it doesn't require assistance with blocking/choreography. (Can also be done remotely.)

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Includes: 

  • Communication with director, actors, and other members of the creative team

  • Being available as a resource for the entire production team

  • Assistance with writing content guide if desired

  • Advocacy, mental health coordination, and conflict mediation for entire production as needed​

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Does NOT include attendance at rehearsals​.

 

Flat fee of $150 - $300

 

With additional consent workshop for cast and/or crew

$200 - $350  

intimacy coordination for film / television

NOTE: Intimacy coordinators are now part of SAG-AFTRA on AMPTP projects. I am NOT a member of SAG-AFTRA at this time.

 

SAG/AMPTP Projects

$1246 daily rate

(regardless of project size/budget) 

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Non-SAG Feature or Television (Budget = $2,000,000 or more)

$1246 daily rate

 

Non-SAG Low Budget ($700,00 - $2,000,000)

$810 daily rate

 

Non-SAG Moderate Low Budget ($300,000 - $700,000)

$436 daily rate

 

Non-SAG Ultra Low Budget ($300,000 or less) 

$249 daily rate

 

Student films

$50-$100 daily rate (negotiable) 

 

Commercials, Industrials, Documentaries 

$610 daily rate (negotiable based on budget) 

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If work takes place more than 75 miles from Orem, Utah, please provide lodging, travel, and per diem.

intimacy direction for theatre: lort contracts

Daily fee is calculated at ~50% of LORT director daily minimum rates for 5 rehearsals/week for 5 weeks. Flat fees are calculated at 15 rehearsals at daily rate, minus 20%

 

If you are unsure how many days of intimacy rehearsal your project will take, feel free to reach out with questions, or use the flat fee option. 

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Includes: 

  • Meetings with director, actors, and other members of the creative team

  • Use of intimacy kit as needed (hygiene items, barriers, modesty garments) 

  • Blocking and choreography

  • Assistance with writing content guide if desired

  • Advocacy, mental health coordination, and conflict mediation for entire production as needed

  • Attendance at rehearsals as determined by production needs

 

Tier A+

Daily rate = $730

Flat fee (15 or fewer rehearsals, additional rehearsals paid at daily rate) = $8,800

 

Tier A

Daily rate = $550

Flat fee (15 or fewer rehearsals, additional rehearsals paid at daily rate) = $6,800

 

Tier B+

Daily rate = $470

Flat fee (15 or fewer rehearsals, additional rehearsals paid at daily rate) = $5,600

 

Tier B

Daily rate = $390

Flat fee (15 or fewer rehearsals, additional rehearsals paid at daily rate) = $4,700

 

Tier C (1, 2)

Daily rate = $250

Flat fee (15 or fewer rehearsals, additional rehearsals paid at daily rate) = $3,200

 

Tier D

Daily rate = $175

Flat fee (15 or fewer rehearsals, additional rehearsals paid at daily rate) = $2,000

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If work takes place more than 75 miles from Orem, Utah, please provide lodging, travel, and per diem.

While I work in various areas throughout Utah, much of my work takes place on the traditional lands of the Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute), Goshute, and Eastern Shoshone peoples. White settlers seized the lands colonially known as the Salt Lake and Utah Valleys through the unratified and unfulfilled Treaty of Spanish Fork in 1865, in exchange for basic needs and rights, under the direction of Brigham Young. 

To learn some of the ways you can support members of these native peoples today (including land restoration and preservation), visit and/or donate to the following resources: 

Ute Land Trust

Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake

Utah Diné Bikéyah

Landback

Indigenous Action 

The Red Nation

 

I also recognize the stolen lives of the enslaved Africans brought to Utah by early white settlers, and acknowledge that their subjugation and forced labor helped to establish the cities that exist in this area today. 

To learn about direct action you can take for racial justice, visit and/or donate to the following resources:

The Black Menaces

The National African-American Reparations Commission

The Center for Anti-Racist Research

Resmaa Menakem and Somatic Abolitionism

 

These acknowledgments are only one step in anti-racist theater, film, and television. I strive to de-colonize my work through careful project selection, meaningful collaboration, ongoing conversation, self education, and uplifting the voices who have been marginalized by white supremacy.

© Liz Whittaker

lizwhittakeremail@gmail.com

208.709.8945

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