About this event
Explore temptation, anticipation and the building of erotic tension in ropes.
Charm me. Furiously.
Torment me. In detail.
-Hermann Hesse
We’re pleased to invite you to a weekend-long immersion into the arts of tantalizing teasing and titillating torment in ropes. Spread over two full days we’ll move from seductive floorwork where we build and hold erotic tension and create anticipation to spicy partials and predicaments where pleasure and torment intertwine.
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There are other ways to torment your partner in ropes than via pain and physical challenge. On Saturday we explore the art of teasing your rope partner, if not to death, then at least to the brink of madness ;) You’ll learn to build and hold erotic tension, create anticipation, get into your partner’s head and play with tease and denial through exercises in touch, movement, rope and body handling.
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The Game of Seduction and Anticipation:
Saturday: Charm Me. Furiously
On the first day we step away from technical and structured Shibari and dive into the art of playing with the mind, desire, and tension. We challenge the need for instant gratification and explore what happens in the space where pleasure is denied, delayed, and transformed into insatiable hunger.
Anticipation is at the core of this experience; the moment before something happens, the precise pause where desire intensifies. We will create that state of expectation and longing within our rope play.
There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire
-Jacqueline Carey
Sunday: Torment Me. In Detail.
On day two we move beyond caressing rope and dive into the realm of spicy, tormenting partials, exploring predicaments designed to awaken and ignite desire—and perhaps stir some inner demons as well… We’ll move within that space where each choice comes at a price, every movement demands effort, and each pause reveals more than it hides.
Not about enduring for the sake of suffering, but about enjoying the edge; the meaningful discomfort, where pleasure and torment intertwine and the gaze becomes yet another restraint.
Exploring the edge:
What happens when we tether the edge; when we enter that space where the boundary between pain and pleasure blurs, where despair bleeds into joy, where time stops and becomes infinite all at once? Are you ready to find out?
Whether model or rigger will sweat more is yet to be determined, but this day will be more challenging for both, both technically and emotionally. This class calls for your full presence, mutual trust and excellent communication skills as you’ll be asked to step all the way up to the edge of your (dis)comfort zones, and perhaps a bit beyond?
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About the presenters:
From southern Spain, Roxu is a Berlin-based rigger and co-founder of Espacio Takibi. With a background in Semenawa and Aibunawa, he’s known for his precise, seductive style and attuned, deliberate control.
Ena Dahl is an Oslo-born, Berlin-based rope (s)witch, author, creative director, conscious kink educator, and bodyworker. She brings her expertise in somatics, storytelling, and embodiment to their shared practice.
Together, they teach and perform across Europe, exploring rope as a deeply intimate, erotic dialogue, slow, teasing, and emotionally charged. Their dynamic is collaborative and curious; each tie is a conversation built on trust, presence, and mutual desire to go deeper.
www.enaroxu.com
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How and what you will learn:
Though we will move through exercises and demonstrate a series of patterns and sequences, these workshops are just as much about the why, concepts, principles and philosophy, as it is about the how. Consider this weekend an invitation to explore connection and provocation through rope. This is not just about doing Shibari; it’s about inhabiting it; being present in every touch, every look, and in every silence that lingers just a second longer than expected.
Some of the elements we’ll move through include:
-Time and rhythm
Slow movements that drive frustration, changes in pace that confuse and surprise.
-Touch and absence of touch
Approaching without making contact, playing with distance, provoking with fingertips before pulling away again.
-Control over the partner’s body
Moving, handling and restricting through rope and physical presence, guiding the experience through contact.
-Eye contact and voice
Paying attention, listening to our partner, watching, narrating, emphasizing vulnerability or desire without physical
contact.
& more…
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Practical:
Level Intermediate.
For Saturday, riggers must be familiar with the single and double column ties, basic frictions and safe uplines for partials, as well as decent rope and body handling.
Sunday requires a solid TK (any style) and knowledge of basic structures and harnesses for semi suspension. You will get the most out of the workshop if you are fluent enough to pick up new concepts and patterns fairly fast and without a thorough step-by-step tutorial of each technical step.
On both days rope bottoms should be familiar with being tied and possess good body awareness and have the ability to communicate clearly with their riggers.
Who is it for:
This workshop weekend is perfect for couples, duos and (play) partners who desire to deepen their erotic rope practice, to play, explore, feel, and surrender to desire and yearning through rope. The nature of this workshop is deeply intimate and you may therefore get more out of it attending it with someone you feel comfortable with.
Beyond that, we aim to create and hold an inclusive, safer space where all sexes, genders, orientations, ages, and bodies are welcome.
Equipment:
At least 4 jute or hemp ropes for Saturday and around 8 ropes for Sunday, 7-8 meters in length. Safety shears.
Dress code:
Dress to undress. Partial nudity and exposure is welcome, but not expected or required. Keep in mind that layers—and clothes that unbutton or unwrap—may make undressing even more fun ;)
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, May 30th, May 31st 11 - 18 (with an hour lunch break in between, lunch is not provided)
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Hipsy Belgium
Hipsy Spain
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