Intimate Session: Niko & Raph
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Intimate Session: Niko & Raph

10:00 am – 11:30 am · LGBTQIA+ & Friends
IN-HOUSE

Quick Info

Where
blue room
Format
performance
Max. participants
as many as fit
Constellation
solo, paired, groups - all constellations welcome
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This series allows rope facilitators to show participants how they approach intimate sessions, away from modes of teaching or performing. Come and witness an improvised intimate moment amongst people who do rope (pretty well). We will blur the lines of the private and the public, the curated and the improvised. After the session, there is time for a little chat, Q&A and/or just sharing thoughts, dreams and wishes.

Format: intimate session

Facilitator

RAPH (he/they)

RAPH has been practising shibari as a switch for over 4 years in Lyon, France. He sees this art form as an inexhaustible source of exchange, play and connection. With the daily integration of yoga and dance practice, he made it as part of a global approach of body exploration. With NIKO as a rope partner for the past 4 years, they form a duet that has led them to learn, teach and perform.

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NIKOBK (he/him)

NIKO, also known as NIKOKBK (he/him), is a rope artist based in Lyon, France. He began practicing Shibari seriously seven years ago, driven by a need for creative renewal. Over time, NIKO has drawn inspiration from various styles he encountered—not to fuse them, but to refine his own approach in search of efficiency and inclusivity, particularly in relation to diverse body types. His passion for s...

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