Daruma is a Berlin based shibari space that offers shibari classes and community events, and aims to foster a high level of technical skill in an approachable learning atmosphere.
Daruma is a Berlin based shibari space that offers shibari classes and community events, and aims to foster a high level of technical skill in an approachable learning atmosphere.
with Stefano Taiuti
The theme of this workshop is: Internal Spaces
“The Spiritual Mechanism” is a unique approach to dance and self discovery that integrates western movement analyses focusing on the visible, and Butoh to explore the invisible, the subtle, what is behind the movement and generates it.
with Stefano Taiuti
Throughout over 30 years Stefano explored the body in motion as an expressive tool, studying with internationally renowned Mime teachers and Butoh masters and thus developing his own methodology. “The Spiritual Mechanism” is a unique approach to dance and self discovery that integrates western movement analyses focusing on the visible, and Butoh to explore the invisible, the subtle, what is behind the movement and generates it.
with Kirigami & Tenshiko
Hashira is an iconic prop in Japanese bondage pictures and movies. Practitioners all over Europe are fascinated by the old school aesthetics of a body tied to a wooden post. During this workshop we will differentiate the exercises, on the one hand trying to improve riggers’ hard skills, with a special attention to rope and body handling, using technical ties and formal shapes; on the other hand we will also propose ties that can actually be used in elegantly crude ways.
Nocturnes: Intimate Shibari Salons at Daruma
with Kirigami & Tenshiko
For this performance, we’ve invited Kirigami & Tenshiko to pull you into a world of things you’re not supposed to see — hentai—kinky, dirty, or perverted—shibari stripped back to its core. A contemporary echo of old-school shibari shows — provocative, erotic, and unapologetically perverse — the kind of intensity that lingers long after the ropes are undone.
with Soptik & Sansei
In this workshop, we move beyond the floor and into the air. The hashira becomes not only an anchor but a suspension point. We will explore how suspension transforms the dialogue between rope, body, and beam: from resigned stillness to to subtle motion, from a tight embrace to playful exposure. You will learn traditional suspension techniques for the hashira. In some ties, we will integrate the hashira with bamboos, extending the
experience from the vertical into the horizontal space.
with A-Nicolas (formerly Yoroï Nicolas)
Breathe. Shift your balance. Walk, weave, occupy the space—and disappear. Now, do it all with your partner, a rope, and the magic of movement. In this workshop, we’ll transform into an organic system: unpredictable yet beautifully organised, learning to move freely and naturally within the ropes.
With Kirigami & Tenshiko
Approaching traditional semenawa from a practical and theoretical point of view, understanding the iconic patterns of the style, and the philosophy behind them.
