- Intimacy Coordinator
Geboren 1981 in Warsaw (43 Jahre)
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- Tages_Anzeiger: Live-Sex auf der BühneAls erstes Schweizer Theater arbeitet das Schauspielhaus mit einem Intimacy Coach. Kasia Szustow erklärt, wie sie arbeitet – und warum das Theater sein Publikum warnt.https://bit.ly/Tages_Anzeiger_Szustow
- NZZ: Wie Intimacy-Coaches neuerdings Übergriffe stoppen sollenAm Schauspielhaus Zürich werden in der laufenden Spielzeit erstmals sogenannte Intimacy-Coaches eingesetzt. Ihre Aufgabe ist es, Schauspielerinnen und Schauspielern in heiklen Szenen den Rücken zu stärken. Das wird nicht von allen goutiert.https://bit.ly/NZZ_Szustow
- Vogue Magazine: Kasia Szustow - the Intimacy CoordinatorIn the summer, the thriller series directed by Jan Holoubek 'Rojst '97' (the second season of the series, 2021) appeared on the Netflix platform, on which Szustow was already working in a new role.https://bit.ly/Vogue_Szustow
At the same time, she is undergoing a series of training courses for intimacy scene coordinators under the guidance of specialists in the industry. Amanda Blumenthal of the Intimacy Professionals Association, the first intimacy coordinator in Los Angeles, who has just become her individual mentor.
'Intimacy happens at the intersection of fantasy and the body, and it's easy to get lost, to lose track,' she says. That's why she always starts her work with an actress or actor with the phrase: "Your boundaries are in the perfect place, we just need to name them".
Über Kasia Szustow
Certified intimacy coordinator (affiliation: Netflix, Sefe Sets), member of the European Intimacy Practitioners' Guild, crisis coach, facilitator of safe creative processes. An Initiator and co-author of the "Polish Guidelines for Intimate Scenes'' developed by a coalition of 11 film organizations.
She is a member of the Berufsverband Intimitätskoordination und Kampfchoreografie e. v. (German association for intimate scene coordination and fight choreography in the DACH Region: Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Graduate of the Theatre Academy in Warsaw (MA Theatre Studies) and the Warsaw School of Economics (post-MA: Project Management, post-MA: Coaching). During the 2023 semester she is a Guest Lecturer at the Filmwissenschaft Institut Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
As a Consent Coach she provides individual support systems for challenging creative projects, and as a Crisis Coach she helps cultural organizations to implement an efficient and non-violent organizational culture.
As an intimacy coordinator she worked on more then 80 scenes for film productions such as: "Perfect Addition" (dir. Castille Landon, stars: Ross Butler, Kiana Madeira, Matthew Noszka, Constantin Film, 2023), "Elephant" (dir. Kamil Krawczycki, 2022, best micro-budget film, Gdynia, winner of Chicago LGBTQIA Film Festival), "Filip" (dir. Michał Kwieciński, 2022, Silver Lions, Gdynia Festival), "Rojst'97" (dir. Jan Holoubek, Netflix). She has worekd for Disney+ and Gaumont Gmbh ("German House” mini-series), Constantin Film "In The Lost Lands” (stars: Milla Jovovich, Dave Bautista), Netflix ("Freestyle” dir. Maciej Bochniak).
Kasia just wrapped polish "Lubię wracać” dir. By Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert, stars: Joanna Kulig), she is currently working on a Swiss series for SRF&Netflix (TBA), and "The Assessment” with Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Olsen.
Szustow has worked for Schauspielhaus Zürich on two productions as an Intimacy Coach for "Kurze Interviews mit fiesen Männern – 22 Arten der Einsamkeit" based on David F. Wallace, directed by Yana Ross (2021), and as Consent Coach for the production "Wilhelm Tell" by Switzerland's most important director Milo Rau (2022).
She finished one-year Safe Sets–Netflix Apprentices developing Intimacy Coordination talents for Netflix across the EMEA region. The course was a part of Grow Creative global fund created by Netflix to support Inclusion & Diversity initiatives in the industry. (Certificate 2021)
She is a member of the Berufsverband Intimitätskoordination und Kampfchoreografie e. v. (German association for intimate scene coordination and fight choreography in the DACH Region: Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Graduate of the Theatre Academy in Warsaw (MA Theatre Studies) and the Warsaw School of Economics (post-MA: Project Management, post-MA: Coaching). During the 2023 semester she is a Guest Lecturer at the Filmwissenschaft Institut Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
As a Consent Coach she provides individual support systems for challenging creative projects, and as a Crisis Coach she helps cultural organizations to implement an efficient and non-violent organizational culture.
As an intimacy coordinator she worked on more then 80 scenes for film productions such as: "Perfect Addition" (dir. Castille Landon, stars: Ross Butler, Kiana Madeira, Matthew Noszka, Constantin Film, 2023), "Elephant" (dir. Kamil Krawczycki, 2022, best micro-budget film, Gdynia, winner of Chicago LGBTQIA Film Festival), "Filip" (dir. Michał Kwieciński, 2022, Silver Lions, Gdynia Festival), "Rojst'97" (dir. Jan Holoubek, Netflix). She has worekd for Disney+ and Gaumont Gmbh ("German House” mini-series), Constantin Film "In The Lost Lands” (stars: Milla Jovovich, Dave Bautista), Netflix ("Freestyle” dir. Maciej Bochniak).
Kasia just wrapped polish "Lubię wracać” dir. By Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert, stars: Joanna Kulig), she is currently working on a Swiss series for SRF&Netflix (TBA), and "The Assessment” with Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Olsen.
Szustow has worked for Schauspielhaus Zürich on two productions as an Intimacy Coach for "Kurze Interviews mit fiesen Männern – 22 Arten der Einsamkeit" based on David F. Wallace, directed by Yana Ross (2021), and as Consent Coach for the production "Wilhelm Tell" by Switzerland's most important director Milo Rau (2022).
She finished one-year Safe Sets–Netflix Apprentices developing Intimacy Coordination talents for Netflix across the EMEA region. The course was a part of Grow Creative global fund created by Netflix to support Inclusion & Diversity initiatives in the industry. (Certificate 2021)
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Ausbildung
| Jahr | |
|---|---|
| 2021/9 | Mental Health First Aid England (Mental Health First Aid course) |
| 2021/8 bis 2022/8 | Safe Sets SA/ Netflix (Netflix Intimacy Coordination Development Program for the EMEA Region) |
| 2021/5 bis 2021/6 | Intimacy Directors & Coordinators, LA, US (Consent in Academia; 6 weeks course) |
| 2021/2 bis 2021/3 | Intimacy Directors & Coordinators, LA, US (Stage Managing Intimacy; 3 weeks course) |
| 2020/9 bis 2021/7 | Warsaw School of Economics (Coaching; post-MA, one-year studies) |
| 2006/9 bis 2007/6 | Warsaw School of Economics (Project Management; post-MA, one year studies) |
| 2000/10 bis 2006/6 | Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw [pl] (MA Theatre Studies) |
Basisdaten
| Sprachen | DeutschEnglischPolnischRussisch |
|---|---|
| Auslandsdreherfahrung | Mitteleuropa: Deutschland, Schweiz Westeuropa: England |
| Lizenzen | B (Kraftwagen) [eu], Ersthelfer*in nach DGUV 304-001 [de] |
| Unmittelbarer Arbeitsort | Köln |
| 2. Wohnsitz (falls vorhanden) | Warschau |
| Bundesland (1. Wohnsitz) | Deutschland - Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Wohnmöglichkeiten | Köln, Warschau |
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