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Technically A Suspension

10:00 am – 12:00 pm · LGBTQIA+ & Friends
IN-HOUSE

Quick Info

Where
main room
Format
workshop
Max. participants
as many as fit
Constellation
solo, paired, groups - all constellations welcome
Minimum knowledge
Suspension Line basics, single column tie
What to bring
ropes, if they have any gear they want to use they can bring
Accessibility notes
none - goal is to find techniques that work

This is a class in opposition to the often high pressures and demands of suspension, where the goal is to find ways to leave the ground without adding complication, physical strain, or pretentiousness. Perhaps we get off the ground for a moment, or a cm, or partly supported on a body/furniture, or using a pulley, or making a rope hammock, or only if the person in ropes flexes to lift off… it totally counts! This class touches on accessibility topics – what are suspension methods that don’t require hand/grip strength? How can we add extra supports for sore bodies, or suspend without constricting certain areas? Bring questions and queries, there will be time to lab out special requests!

Workshop partner: Barkas

Facilitator

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Addie (she/her)

Addie is a Vancouver-based rope educators who teach and perform world-wide. Addie is a switch and self-suspension enthusiast. She organizes regular workshops on dynamic self-suspension and versatile education both, for beginners and technically advanced. When co-teaching, she focuses on bottoming information and discourse.

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Georg Barkas (they/them)

Georg Barkas is an intimacy educator, researcher, and rope bondage performer based in Vancouver, Canada. Their focus lies in the deconstruction of established norms and approaches to kink, intimacy, and sexuality. Their background in academics (physics, mathematics, history, and philosophy) is used to approach historically psychological aspects from different perspectives. Author of “Archaeo...

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https://www.studio-allegory.com/