ABOUT US
MOVING BODY ARTS specialises in a variety of movement disciplines for stage and screen. Our company directors have years of training and experience working in the media industry and across the live performance sector.
Moving Body Arts Ltd was first launched in 2014/2015 (under the name "Moving Playground") organising workshops in stage combat and movement disciplines. From late 2019, we offer professional services on shows as well as open workshops and training.
Our work covers the following specialisms:
Intimacy Coordination For The Screen
Intimacy Direction For The Stage
Fight Direction & Stage Combat Training
Movement Direction & Choreography
COMPANY DIRECTORS & LEAD PRACTITIONERS
YARIT DOR
(she/her)
Co-Director
Lead Trainer
IDC Certified Intimacy Coordinator
SAG-AFTRA Registered Intimacy Coordinator
IDC Certified Intimacy Director
Movement Director & Coach
Fight Director
BASSC Certified Stage Combat Teacher
Movement, Intimacy & Stage Combat Tutor
Member of Bectu Intimacy Coordinators Branch
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Stage credits include: West End, National Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, Shakespeare's Globe, Young Vic, Lyric Hammersmith, Almeida, Bush Theatre, Royal Exchange Manchester, Gate Theatre, Park Theatre, Boulevard Theatre, Watford Theatre, Storyhouse amongst others.
TV/Film credits include:
Glass Onion: Knives Out Mystery, Daisy Jones and The Six, The Wheel of Time, Shadow & Bone, Pistol, Cheaters, Anansi Boys, Rogue Heroes, Atlanta 3, Mood, The Girlfriend Experience 3, Domina, Adult Material amongst others.
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Teaching includes: RADA, Guildhall, Arts Ed, Rose Bruford, East 15, Italia Conti. And she teaches intimacy coordination related subjects for BA Film Studies (UAL), National Film & TV School, Raindance and LFS.
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Relevant Professional Education:
IDC Intimacy Director and Coordinator Certification Programme
MA in Theatre Practice: Directing (Rose Bruford)
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching in HE
Jacques Lecoq Physical Theatre & Devising - full training (LISPA)
Postgraduate Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music & Dance
Professional 3 yr Diploma in Dance Theatre (Israel)
Certified Classical Pilates & Garuda Instructor (mat & equipment)
BASSC Stage Combat Teacher Training Programme
ENRIC ORTUÑO
(he/him)
Co-Director
IDC Certified Intimacy Coordinator
SAG-AFTRA Registered Intimacy Coordinator
IDC Certified Intimacy Director
Fight Director
BASSC Certified Stage Combat Teacher
Intimacy & Stage Combat Tutor
Member of Bectu Intimacy Coordinators Branch
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Stage credits include: Shakespeare’s Globe, Soho Theatre, The Yard Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, Oldham Coliseum, Trafalgar Studios, Jermyn Street Theatre, Orange Tree Theatre, Arcola Theatre, Park Theatre, Oval House, Theatre 503, Greenwich Theatre, Blackeyed Theatre, Maltings Theatre, King's Head, Old Red Lion, Tristan Bates Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe amongst others.
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TV/Film credits include: Ted Lasso, The Sandman, Wedding Season, Everything I Know About Love, Bridgerton S1, Avoidance, Midwich Cuckoos, Domina, Trying, Giri Haji, Pirates of The Caribbean, Snow White & The Huntsman amongst others.
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Teaching includes:
Italia Conti, Drama Studio London, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama.
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Relevant Professional Education:
IDC Intimacy Director & Coordinator Certification Programme
MA in Movement Direction & Teaching (RCSSD)
BASSC Stage Combat Teacher Training Programme
BA in Acting: Musical Theatre (Spain)
Stott Pilates Mat Training
Our lead practitioner's training includes:
British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat
Intimacy Directors & Coordinators (USA)
Mental Health England
Bectu Union's Safety Training
Laban Guild International
Siren First Aid Training
Safeguarding & Regulatory Compliance of Children in the Entertainment Industry
Bare Arms Firearms for Entertainment Level 1 & 2
Building Racial Equity
Society of American Fight Directors
National Society of Intimacy Professionals
Transgender Training
Institute
Mind Out - LGBTQIA+ Mental Health
Theatrical Intimacy Education
Anatomy Trains
Specialist Pilates Certification
Garuda