Join us to walk your very first steps in learning rope bondage (shibari/kinbaku), based on Japanese-inspired rope bondage. This class is designed for absolute beginners with no prior knowledge whatsoever. You do not need a partner (but you can bring one if you like). You do not need rope as we will provide you with...
Renée de Sans

Renée is a visual artist whose work focuses on the body as a site of narrative, emotion, and presence. She explores identity, gender, and vulnerability, drawing on her experience as a trans femme. Her practice combines aesthetic precision with attunement to sensation and emotional nuance, transforming personal and shared vulnerability into moments of connection and resonance.
In her rope work, she engages both perspectives — being tied and tying others — combining technical skill with the subtle dynamics of trust, touch, and dialogue. She treats ropes as a medium for presence, emotional intensity, and storytelling. Through workshops, performances, and visual projects, she aims to create spaces where bodies of all identities can explore connection, play, and self-expression.
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You have taken your first steps in rope bondage and would like to learn some more structures and principles? Fantastic! In this weekend class, René de Sans will guide you through learning your first harnesses. René will guide you in constructing your first upper body harnesses such as the classic TK but also show you...
The smallest things can have the most significant emotional impacts. In this introductory workshop & demo, Mamana and René de Sans will dive into the topic of spacial relations, touch, directionality, and movement in the most simple and seemingly diminutive ways that will make quite a difference to you and your partner in ropes. Away...
Join us to walk your very first steps in learning Japanese-inspired rope bondage within a closed group setting. This 5-week-course is designed for absolute beginners with no prior knowledge whatsoever and gives more structure and time to learn than our drop-in classes. Each week Mamana will encourage you to develop your skills, ground yourself in...
Join us to take your very first steps in learning Japanese-inspired rope bondage within a closed group setting. This weekend intensive course is designed for absolute beginners with no prior knowledge whatsoever and gives more structure and time to learn than our drop-in classes. René de Sans will be your guide and teacher and will...
Every beginning has an end and every end is a new beginning. In the last Warm-Up Session of this conference, we'll look at the tipping point between tying and untying. Does untying mean the end of a session? Or can it be the invitation to increase the intensity of playing? How can we overwrite the...
Suffering doesn't have to be serious - in this class, we will explore different ideas, simple predicaments, and ties that challenge our partners with lighthearted and playful energy. Bring your creativity and props! Tying Partner: René de Sans Details: Format: workshop Minimum Knowledge Level: - What to Bring:any props/materials/toys they would like to play...
Restriction, sensation, shapes, and play – all without an inch of jute in sight! In this class, we will explore tying without ropes. From traditional shapes and full-body harnesses to gags, blindfolds, and face and crotch bondage, we will have lots of fun getting inspired with different materials to tie ourselves and our partners. We...
Join us to take your very first steps in learning Japanese-inspired rope bondage within a closed group setting. This weekend intensive course is designed for absolute beginners with no prior knowledge whatsoever and gives more structure and time to learn than our drop-in classes. René de Sans will be your guide and teacher and will...
You have taken your first steps in rope bondage and would like to learn some more structures and principles? Fantastic! In this weekend class, René de Sans will guide you through learning your first harnesses. René will guide you in constructing your first upper body harnesses such as the classic TK but also show you...
What is rope all about? Is it the feeling of being captured or the touch of rope on skin? Is it aesthetics and beauty? Or emotion and connection, a way to create a bubble? Is tying about nerding out on ties and the rope we make them with? Come to this workshop to find out...
What is rope all about? Is it the feeling of being captured or the touch of rope on skin? Is it aesthetics and beauty? Or emotion and connection, a way to create a bubble? Is tying about nerding out on ties and the rope we make them with? Come to this workshop to find out...












