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The Single! The Column! The Tie!

3:30 pm – 5:30 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
a single column tie of your choice
What to bring
1-2 ropes
Accessibility notes
we will be on the floor but can acommodate for different needs.

Single column ties are the first structure most people learn, the starting point to many ties, the foundation of suspension lines, one of the most pervasive elements of rope play… yet they are hardly ever the centre of teaching attention. This class approaches single columns from a variety of directions – finger techniques to tie them more efficiently while maintaining balance, tricks for tying them with gusto and while playing, tweaks to make them sit or behave in particular ways, and a plethora of other tips, tricks, fun, and geekery. Back to basics, with flare!

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/