I have recently taken part in an intimacy drama workshop within university. The aim of this workshop was to form a relationship and a bond with others around you which is vital when working in this industry, whether as an actor, teacher or director. The workshop involved touching and challenging one another, testing your own threshold as well as learning to trust and depend on another. Throughout we were constantly encouraged to be active, alive and present in your body, this was in order to understand your feelings and your needs which in time were expected to improve self confidence and self-esteem. Some of the exercises included a trust fall, someone will deliberately fall back and trust someone else will be there to catch them. This exercise is important in terms of leadership, knowing you can trust and depend on the people around you, as in this industry you are constantly encouraged to work for, by and with others. Within the workshop we were also working with boundaries, of your own and your peers. Knowing when enough is enough as well as when someone or you can be pushed even further. This point relates to my teaching career, as well as being aware of someone’s physical thresholds, a teacher’s responsibility is to be aware of a child’s ability and pushing them in a comfortable manner to reach that goal. Consent is a massive factor in which we focused on in this workshop. For example asking questions such as:

“Is it alright if i touch your shoulder?” 

Simply by doing so the individual has the option to say either yer or no depending on their preference, and the person asking the question is responsible for their actions. 

A number of factors concerning intimacy go in hand with the safe guarding practices within schools.