With: William (they/she)
When: 20th November 6.30pm - 10pm
Where: Daruma, Neukölln, Berlin - Our full address sent to you automatically after booking.
Language: English
Tickets: Early bird tickets available until 12 noon on 20th October at €85 regular / €70 low income / €95 supporter. Price is per couple.
Discount: 10% OFF - when you book all 3 of the workshops with William. Discount is applied automatically at checkout!
So often in the world of rope education, much time is spent on structures and patterns with little attention paid to the psychological states of the top and bottom. Let’s open up the space of verbal interaction, using words, our language and our tone to create deeper impact within our scenes. To be sure, this is an opportunity to explore top vulnerability and to explore altered mindscapes as a couple.
Mindfuckery and verbal skills allow us to open up and engage with fantasy and possible realities that may or may not be permissible in reality but can be made real in the mind’s eye. Within the space of bondage, as the body is bound the imagination can wander endlessly, within this workshop we will work to gain skills in guiding our shared imaginations into the dark.
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Riggers: experience following patterns and building harnesses, proficient upline building and management, confident in rope communication skills, knowledge of safety and risk in rope.
Bottoms: confident in-rope communication skills, knowledge of safety and risk in rope, confident ability to monitor and communicate signs of nerve compression.
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William (they/she) is a queer artist, designer and builder based in Brooklyn, New York; a dominant, pervert, rope bondage enthusiast, sadist and the founder of Temple New York.
William has been a student of Shibari since 2004 and a BDSM enthusiast even longer. Since then, they have had the honor of learning from many teachers, most notably with Mistress Chiaki (Japan) and KissMeDeadlyDoll (New York) focusing primarily on Naka style and semenawa.
Since the founding of Temple New York in 2019, William has been working as a community organizer, educator, and professional Dominant. They combine their experiences in theater, performing arts and their degrees in fine art to build worlds both real and of the imagination focused on interpersonal experience making.
They have tied with internationally acclaimed Shibari artist Hajime Kinoko for their New York performance art installations, have presented at Eurix and Dark Odyssey (US), and performed at multiple NYC venues as well as Dances of Vice, Torture Garden and Eurix. William’s work has been published in Kinbaku Society Berlin, Spunk Magazine, Petite Mort Magazine and Subspace Magazine.
IG: @tiemetightly