SPEED SEDUCING / SLOW DATING

Juliette Dragon (Paris), feminist artist for over 30 years (live performer, director, cabaret dancer, choreographer, comedian, burlesque stripper), questions representations of femininity. For 18 years, she has taught burlesque striptease as empowering art therapy for women worldwide (Europe, USA, Australia, Mexico, China) to help them gain self-confidence.

For 13 years, she has explored what feminist sexuality could be in the sex-positive scene.

Each month, DRAGON’S CABARET at IKSK serves as Juliette’s erotic laboratory, blending a néo-burlesque cabaret, live performances, workshops, discussions, pagan rituals, and role-playing games. It’s a chance to celebrate femininity, female pleasure, and feminist sexuality with humor and creativity.

All bodies and genders are welcome, with a focus on the pleasure of those socialized as women.

Friday, June 26th, 6pm to midnight

This time, the DRAGON’S CABARET is transforming into an immersive workshop titled

“SPEED SEDUCING for Slow Dating.”

Come and bare it all—literally or symbolically—and spark a desire for others to get to know you better!

In previous episodes, we agreed that feminist sexuality must be anti-capitalist.

Bodies identifiable as female often find themselves targeted by trophy hunters ticking boxes on their “to fuck list.” While this might seem acceptable in the moment, some might feel empty the next day.

We absolutely adore the games of seduction, but we also want to be seen and appreciated in our vulnerability—not just as objects but as subjects. Do we pretend to be aloof, or risk the chance of being authentically romantic and potentially rejected? To navigate this binary, this workshop offers tools for balancing between looking good to please and being genuine to get loved.

We’ll start with the body: playful dance, striptease, and comedy, embracing the art of “too much” to explore flirting in a burlesque way and ignite the desire to get to know us better. Then we’ll switch to more sincere exchanges, being completely transparent in an inclusive and supportive environment. These oscillations will influence the chemistry of the final play party, leading to deep emotional intimacy and the chance to make delightful new connections.

As always with Juliette, the tone is creative, playful, provocative, and infused with humour. Lightening up creates camaraderie. With a brave heart and radical honesty, give us your personal ad campaign!

What are your qualities, desires, and needs? 

Express clearly what you would like to receive /to give? What attributes do you want to flaunt? Your wit, your abs, your general knowledge, your terrible jokes, your lap dancing, shibari or dirty talking skills, or your talents in foot torture, killer massage or oral pleasure? French kissing ? Dream Analysis? Tarot reading? Make us want to date you during the freestyle finale!

We’ll explore slow dating as an alternative antidote to hookup culture: meeting genuinely, revealing ourselves—, as resistance: real connection over consumption, intimacy beyond genitals, feelings over performance. In a safe, consensual space where clarity is the sexiest thing in the room.

Forget the dehumanizing swipe culture, let’s embrace slow dating.

Let’s truly meet, revealing ourselves—physically and emotionally—in a supportive environment.

Let's see what happens when desire stops driving and connection takes over?

Next edition ? September 20th.