ROPE SPEED DATING
vmit Felix Ruckert
Rope Speed Dating
An original formula designed by Felix Ruckert
WEDNESDAY// JUNE 18// MITTWOCH// 18. JUNI 2025// 20 00 - 23 00//
SUPPORT TICKET 40€// NORMAL TICKET: 30€// SOCIAL TICKET& MEMBERS 20€//
NO REGISTRATION - Drop In event// KEINE ANMELDUNG, einfach vorbeikommen
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Dies ist eine Gelegenheit neue Seilpartner*innen kennenzulernen und die Kunst der kleinen Form (die SHIBARI - HAIKU 'S) zu praktizieren. Wir machen ein kurzes Warm Up für Körper, Geist und Seile, etablieren ein paar Regeln zu Konsent und Kommunikation und definieren was in dem Rahmen möglich ist und was nicht. Dann gehen wir in die Praxis. Es wird ein offenes Matchingsystem geben, welches es erlaubt mit einer maximalen Anzahl von anderen Teilnehmer*innen in kurze Try Out sessions zu gehen, wobei Grenzen und Wünsche individuell verhandelt werden können. Niemand muss mit irgendeiner Person fesseln, mit der sie das nicht möchte. Es besteht ausserdem die Möglichkeit mit jeder Person eine passende Rollenverteilung festzulegen. Wir fesseln in kurzen Sequenzen von 3 - 4 Minuten, mit unterschiedlicher Musik und eventuell auch verschiedenen thematischen Vorgaben. Im weiteren Verlauf werden wir eventuell auch Trios und etwas längere sessions versuchen und wir beenden den Abend mit einem offenen Fesselraum, der dann selbst organisierte längere Sessions erlaubt.
Das Rope Speed Dating macht sehr viel Spass, es ist aufregend, sozial und kommunikativ. Es trainiert die Fähigkeit kreativ und originell zu fesseln und schult Aufmerksamkeit und Flexibilität: die Fähigkeit sich auf unterschiedlichste Menschen und Situationen einzustellen,frei nach dem Motto: Es gibt keinen "falschen" Partner, es gibt nur das "falsche Spiel". Es hilft ausserdem dabei zu lernen sich besser mitzuteilen, Wünschen und Grenzen klar zu formulieren und zu kommunizieren.
Geeignet für alle Level. Switchen ist möglich und erwünscht. Du solltest bereit sein mit Personen jeglichen Geschlechts oder sexueller Orientierung zu interagieren.
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This is an opportunity to get to know new rope partners and practise the art of the small form (SHIBARI - HAIKU 'S). We will do a short warm up for body, mind and ropes, establish a few rules about consent and communication and define what is and is not possible within the framework. Then we go into practice. There will be an open matching system that will allow us to go into short try-out sessions with a maximum number of other participants, whereby limits and wishes can be negotiated individually. Nobody has to tie up with anyone they don't want to. It is also possible to agree a suitable role allocation with each person. We tie up in short sequences of 3 - 4 minutes, with different music and possibly also different thematic guidelines. Later on, we will eventually also try trios and longer sessions and we will close the evening with an open bondage space, which will allow for longer, self organized sessions.
Rope speed dating is great fun, exciting, social and communicative. It trains the ability to tie in a creative and original way and trains attentiveness and flexibility: the ability to adapt to different people and situations, according to the motto: There is no ‘wrong’ partner, there is only the ‘wrong' game. It also helps to learn to communicate better, to clearly formulate wishes and boundaries and to express them.
Suitable for all levels. Switching is possible and encouraged. You should be prepared to interact with people of any gender or sexual orientation.
Felix Ruckert
Following a long career as an internationally renowned dancer and choreographer Felix expanded his skill set, when – on tour in Japan – he discovered Shibari or Kinbaku – Japanese Rope Bondage in 1999. Starting as an autodidact, just copying from photos in Japanese rope bondage magazines, he soon had the chance to study with Hagen in Berlin, Matthias T.J. Grimme, Midori, Shadow and Osada Steve who became his first teachers.
When in 2007 he opened schwelle7, it quickly became an important hub for the international Shibari community. For nine years Felix regularily invited masters from Japan to schwelle7 and therefore had the opportunity to expand his knowledge, studying intensively with some of the most influential Japanese masters: Arisue Go, Nawashi Kanna, Hajime Kinoko, Akira Naka, Otonaya Otonawa and Ren Yagami amongst others. By programming Shibari at schwelle7 Felix Ruckert played a significant role in popularizing the practice in Berlin and throughout Europe. The schwelle7 location and style became a model for many rope bondage dojos all over the continent.
Coming from dance and theatre Felix also created dozens of Rope Bondage Performances, collaborating with and learning from artists such as Dasniya Sommer, Caritia, Gorgone, Nicolas Yoroi, Pilar LaOtra, Anna Noctuelle, Sophia Rose, Tifereth and Saara Rei amongst others. He also created several performances in a theatre context that integrated elements of Japanese Rope Bondage: STILLEN (2000), DIE FARM (2006), DRYADE – A DARK FAIRY (2011) and ZERO GRAVITY ZONE (2012).
Currently Felix Ruckert curates and organizes twice a year the EURIX – The European Rigger&Model Exchange in Berlin, which is the most popular international meetings for rope artists who engage in the development of Kinbaku as an art form. For EURIX Felix wrote his Guidelines for Rope Bondage Presenters as well as the EURIX Guidelines for Negotiation and Establishing Consent. At EURIX he regularily presents short Rope Bondage Performances applying three conceptual rules: using innovative technique, defining narrative and subtext, and applying tools of instant composition.
Felix’ private as well as his public Tying is unconventional and does not follow any particular style. He draws from a vast variety of techniques and schools, his ties adapt to each partner and each situation, composing with body, rope, time and space, in often unpredictable ways. On the technical side he constantly tries to invent new patterns and ties and is particularly interested in creative and quick suspensions, often using a minimum of rope, both on bamboo and ring. He also enjoys floor work, integrating all forms of other sensual practices. On the stage he tries to create strong theatrical experiences, to make meaning, to provoke reactions and thoughts. He also likes to reflect and investigate the societal and political impact rope bondage practice can have. He sees rope bondage practice as a model for a mutually beneficial human collaboration, for an exercise in consent and for an opportunity to reinterpretate power relations and deconstruct gender stereotypes.
Many pictures of Felix' sessions here:
http://felixruckert.de/category/bondage/
