research overview
- Tamara Meneghini's research is focused mainly on performance practices, as professional actor/creator/director who devises new performance-related work or as an actor/performer working from established texts for theatre. She is one of the regional leaders in the area of consent forward practice in performance and production. She has studied with Intimacy Directors and Choreographers (IDC) and TIE (Theatre Intimacy Education) and is working towards certification with IDC. She co-authored the Community Standards for Theatre, that now stand as regional set of agreements that theatre spaces follow in the commitment of creating safer, equitable, and respect-filled space for theatre production and performance. She is one of the co-founders of the Rocky Mountain Artists Safety Alliance. She was recently given the role of Theatre Intimacy Consultant for the Department of Theatre & Dance. While this role has not been entirely defined by the department, her commitment to creating and maintaining safety in rehearsal and performance spaces is deep. She studied with and is working on film focused on life's work of Deborah Robertson, one of the founding mothers of Intimacy choreography before it was codified She enjoys most the energy and complicity of collaborating with experienced playwrights/directors when developing new material. The bulk of her work pertains to the relationship between the actor/performance, actor/acting instrument - how the acting instrument (body/voice) is utilized best to communicate truthfully in performance. She has studied mask work extensively with some of the most highly regarded master mask trainer/teachers, including Antonio Fava, Joan Schirle and Giovanni Fusetti. She isinterested in creating new ways to tell story utilizing a fully engaged and engaging physical theatre approach. As a professional voice and movement coach, researching best practices to help business professionals and performers communicate authentically to an audience.
