PARTIAL&PLAY - ROPE FUSION
with RopuNawa and FreyaHellesdim (Basel)

2023 automn// no date yet  // 11 - 17

Combinations of different styles// Partial Suspensions// Intentions

Including performance from 17 to 21

REGISTRATION: JANA <jana.felixruckert@gmx.de>

PROGRAM // Saturday and Sunday// 11am - 5pm// intermediate & advanced// Including: Performance evening 5pm - 9pm //

Partial & Play - or how we can expand our intention of pleasure on our bottoms mind. And play with it.

Shibari has a lot of different forms and styles. By combining them we are able to create new stuff to our repertoire. However, to successfully implement such combinations, riggers first need to understand the single components of the tie, their original purpose as well as mechanics. We will further dive into which instances we can well and safely combine different elements as well as into caveats for doing so. 

Presenting a clear intention and knowing what we like to show of ourselves are important elements of a session as well as the technical part. We will share with you in this workshop how we set ourselves and each other for an intense play close to the floor, in between gravity and force of the rope.

For the workshop, the background (style/school) of the participants will not be very important. However, it is of paramount importance that both models and riggers have partial suspension experience and are open for an non-normative and non-dogmatic approach to tying.

- you know safe suspensionline handling and the logic of safe harnesses
- 8-10 Ropes
- Models know their bodies

RopuNawa

RopuNawa first encountered Shibari/Kinbaku in 2008 at a performance in Australia. This performance stayed with him on his way back to Switzerland, where he bagan his own journey with the rope. He formed the foundation from Osada Steve’s style, which was taught in switzerland at that time. However, he did not stay with this one style, but was inspired by many other teachers. For RopuNawa, there is not one way to tie, but the heart of his style lies in the need of his model. These needs can be as diverse as the individuality of the people themselves, and through the diversity of his style, he can best respond to his partners needs and wants. He appreciates the non verbal connection, that he can create with each tying partner. 

The aesthetics he picked up while first getting to know Akira Naka’s style, who influenced him early on. While Naka still accompanies him today, Tifereth has inspired him on this path for the last 2 years as well. 

Yoroi was another of his great first influences, who’s style gave RopuNawa’s taste for less is more space to develop. Yagami Ren also influenced him in this direction. 

Today RopuNawa unites parts of all these styles in his personal rope art, which he lives and teaches in his dojo in Basel, as he continues to travel the world, giving workshops and getting inspired by his old teachers and new encounters.

FreyaHellesdim

Freya's first experience with rope was in Hamburg in 2015. Because of her fascination with communication through the body, beyond all algorithms, she was repeatedly drawn to Shibari, whereby she explored and deepened both, the intensity and the various dynamics with her partner. Furthermore, immersing herself into the art of bondage offers her an important platform for personal expression. Her continuing passion has offered her the possibility to travel internationally as a model for workshops, shootings and performances since 2018.

ROPE FUSION // Intermediate and Advanced

SATURDAY & SUNDAY// automn 2023 // 11am — 5pm//

120 EUR per pair -> one day// 240 EUR per pair -> two days sat & sun

60 EUR single -> one day// 120 EUR single -> two days sat& sun

(If you register as single you will be paired up with other singles in the group / Switching is welcome

REGISTRATION: JANA <jana.felixruckert@gmx.de>