An approach for all skills levels in which the model is caught in the ropes while dressed. The clothes merge with the ropes to become supports and tools such as floor work to semi-suspension. Details: Format: hands-on workshop Minimum Knowledge Level: floor work: lark's head, single column tie, tension, basic frictions / semi-suspension: tension line...
RAPH

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.
Events from this organizer
Performing on stage involves a number of constraints, such as working from a single hanging point, a lack of visibility from moving lighting, and a very short playing time in which we like to make a few transitions. From equipment to tips and tricks, we will meet these conditions by managing tension lines on several...
This workshop offers a space to connect with another person through movement and body awareness. The goal is simple but meaningful: to let two people move together in harmony, without speaking — just by being present, breathing, and paying attention to each other. Through small and progressive exercises in pairs and in groups, we’ll explore...
Intimate Session: Niko & Raph
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...





