About Mae
Mae Basi Raab (she/they) is an Auckland based artist and educator. A former Brooklynite, her background is in theatre and sexual health. In BK, he facilitated sex positive, queer-ceneterd sex education classes and a sex-ed theatre group. In NZ, they are the Rainbow Support Advisor for the University of Auckalnd, and continiue to offer workshops, training, and consultation on theatre in sex education. They utilize a student-centered pedagogy and strive to be creative, interactive, and anti-oppressive in all of their teaching and facilitation.
Mae’s artistic background is in dance and theatre. From age three onward they trained in classical ballet, tap, jazz, and modern dance, then attended Rider University to study Musical Theatre. They are a graduate of the Masters of Arts in Applied Theatre program at the CUNY School of Professional Studies. Mae’s artistic interests are theatrical directing, devising, and playwrighting, dance and movement, and multidisciplinary visual art. She is also a practicing researcher, having researched, written, and presented on interactive theatre and audience agency and engagement, and the development of a liberatory dance pedagogy.
Services
Workshops
Mae facilitates workshops in a plethora of sex education subjects including gender & sexuality, consent, pleasure, and healthy relationships.
Curriculum Consulting
Do you have workshops you're already implemnting or work with Evidence based programs? We can work together to make sure it fits your community including being queer inclusive, anti-oppressive, and participatory.
Artistic Facilitation
Mae is a teaching artist of theatre, dance, movement, and yoga. They offer workshops in devising, directing, interactive theatre, movement for beginners, and many more.
Curriculum Writing
Have a workshop you need created? We can work together to devise a program that is tailored to fit the needs of your specific community