Shibari

shibari beginner class in july

Tuesday evening class for beginners
July: 3,10,17, 2018
Hours: 6 – 8pm

The beginner course is directed at learning the basics of Shibari/Kinbaku technique. We start systematically with efficient handling of body, rope, and safety principles. The material contains a wide range of harnesses for floor work. Understanding restriction from the models perspective, but also from the riggers perspective to realise adventurous phantasies or create meditative ties.

Please bring soft clothes and ropes if you have. You can register alone or with a partner.
Costs 20 Euro per person

For details please send a mail to workshops@dasniyasommer.de or PM me on facebook

Level: beginner from scratch
Costs: 20 Euro per person
10 class card 160 €
@ Uferhallen Kulturwerkstatt – Wedding. Uferstrasse 8,13357 Berlin. Entrance B6
Call this number in case the door is locked: +49 174 3937049

light intermediate class/intro to suspension june/July

Level: light intermediate class/intro to suspension
Tuesday evening June: 19 + 26
July: 3,10,17, 2018
Hours: 8.15-10.15pm
Costs: 20€/person
(10 class card 160 €)

Topics of the class are floor work and introduction to half- and/or full-suspension technique. You need to know basic shibari, firm column ties and any suspendable box tie -> takatekote/gote.
We have a close look at floor patterns and check if they are suspendable. Lock-off techniques for half-/suspension lines (zuri) on ring, and in the second step on bamboo.
The material also contains: safety principles like friction and tension, pain management for the model, and sculpting the body in the air.

We recommended to attend this class with a partner, if you don’t have a partner, and if you are not sure about the level please contact us.

Register beforehand:
workshops@dasniyasommer.de or PM on Facebook at haussommer
+49 174 393 70 49

Uferhallen Kulturwerkstatt – Wedding. Uferstrasse 8,13357 Berlin. Entrance B6
Call this number in case the door is locked: +49 174 3937049
Map here

INTRODUCTION TO SUSPENSION

April 3,10,17,24, 2018 Tuesday 6-8pm
Costs: 20€/person

Topic of the class is half- and/or full-suspension technique. We look at different lock-off techniques for suspension lines on a ring, and later on bamboo.
The material also contains: sustainable harnesses, sculpting the body in the air, pain management for the model, and safety principles.
You need to know the shibari basics: column ties, a suspendable TK.


We recommended to attend this class with a partner, if you don’t have a partner, I can help finding one.

Please register beforehand:
workshops@dasniyasommer.de
+49 174 393 70 49
Address here

 

open shibari training april

April: Tuesday 3,10,17,24, 2018, 10-12am

This new class is open to all levels of Shibari/Kinbaku. Its an open training space.
Because tying is needs repetition. To become firm in guiding a partner through a rope session there are many skills to practice. Also the model makes an in depth learning process.
The first hour of the workshop we do q&a and I will answer specific technical question. For example if you always wanted to clarify for example how to secure suspension lines, repeat TK or go through the basics. For new input, I will demo one classical, more advanced figure. The second hour is devoted to your own training.

Please register for this class beforehand:
workshops@dasniyasommer.de
+49 174 393 70 49

Costs are 10 € per person.
Address: Uferhallen Kulturwerkstatt, Uferstrasse 8, 13357 Berlin.

performance nun on the moon

 

 

Some weeks ago in Paris at La Gaite Lyrique.  A calm audience. Some curious, but mostly careful. Interesting how it was different from Lyon last year. More a party crowed during a music festival. Then it was late into the evening, people got more daring, or drunk. Not that I suggest, but the more courageous the audience ties me up, the more fun and somewhat sadistic moments. Which I think is interesting in this set up. People seem to really enjoy drastic ties and seeing me struggle.
In Paris people were beautiful, just shyer. Maybe the official institutional sight sets a vibe somebody said. I liked the purity. Surely, I keep fond memories of those five shows. Everyone, especially  the technical and production team was so supportive of Micha and me.

Photos:  Quentin Chevrier documented beautifully here

 

Performance: Nun on the Moon at Gaȋté Lyrique

Némo festival Paris 9.-11.2.2018
Duration 45 minutes

Nun on the Moon explores the poetry of Japanese Rope Bondage. The power dynamics between the audience and one female, and how Bondage (aka Kinbaku ) can be developed to new forms of performance. Kinbaku is an erotic ritualistic practice which can lead the participants away from everyday self-perception through exposure and emotional intensity.
In part one the performer ties herself. Examining the gaze of the audience, and concepts of beauty involving mutation of her body through restriction. Fusing different cultural aspects like fashion and movement, combined with butoh ballet, and a hybrid sound scape. Part two focusses on the dynamic between the individual and the group. The performer allows the audience to tie her. Sculpting her body with ropes. Unfolding physical creativity and trust/responsibility on both sides. The third part invites voluntary spectators, to be bound and make the shibari experience. The inner perception is often different from the objective perspective of a bondage scene.

Concept and performance: Dasniya Sommer
Sound and assistance: Michaela Bürgle
Light: Cédric Natté
Production: Arte/Tracks, L’Adami, La Gaîté Lyrique