This workshop invites you on a journey through the essentials of rope practice, focusing on the fluid and transformative aspects of movement, simplicity, and connection. Offers a balance between structure and improvisation. This experience is suited for those looking to deepen their understanding of how the art of rope emerges from both the fundamentals and the unexplored. It will be more about concepts and principles than step by step recipes.
The workshop is full of little exercises to make you feel and integrate this principle, with some very challenging, more complex ties to illustrate what we can do.
There will be also a performance on Saturday evening – you can register to Shibari Night – A-Nicolas & Joan..
Requirements
This is not a beginner’s workshop. Both rigger and model need to have experience with suspensions
The completion of Workshop #3 Suspensions and transitions (#3 Workshop: závěsy a přechody) is required for local participants.
Registrations are approved according to level of participants.
About A-Nicolas
Since his twenties, A-Nicolas has immersed himself in the art of ropes, and since his thirties, in the art of photography. His work draws from Japanese kinbaku/shibari, blending influences from diverse body practices, including Aikido, Thai massage, Tango, Contact Improvisation, and System A.
During four formative years in Japan, he trained under the esteemed master Arisue Go, focusing also on Aikido, Japanese culture, and kinbaku. Upon his return to Europe, he developed his unique tying style, Yoroi-ryu, under the name Nicolas Yoroï.
As a key figure in European rope communities, A-Nicolas has collaborated and performed across Europe and North America, studying with renowned artists like Tessin Doyama, Kinoko, Ottonawa, Kazami Ranki, and Pedro, among others. Over the years, he has contributed through workshops, public events, performances, and the establishment of multiple dojos, most recently in Brussels.
Key Milestones:
- 1997: Began Aïkido practice
- 1999: Discovered rope art
- 2004-2010: Lived and trained in Japan, studying under Arisue Go
- 2008: First performance in Tokyo, launched photography, and adopted the artist name Yoroï Nicolas
- 2013: Began teaching internationally
- 2015: Opened a dojo in Brussels
- 2022: Began using his family name(Or A-Nicolas) as his artist name
- 2023: Battling leukemia
- 2024: Established a fifth dojo in Brussels
Other instructions
Workshop will be held in English.
Location
Workshop is taking place in Prague near Anděl in Subspace studio. Exact address will be sent to you by mail after confirmation of your registration. We open the space 15 minutes before the workshop starts.
Registration
It is necessary to register in advance, places are very limited. You can find a registration form below. Price is per person. Registrations are approved also accorindg to level of participants.
It is necessary to register in advance, places are limited. You can find a registration form below. Price is per person. Please register exact number of places (i.e. for a couple choose 2 places). The workshop is only for pairs, if you register one place, please state registration name of your partner.
Subspace member’s tickets are accessible to couples where at least one person is a Subspace member.
International participants can also register directly by contacting us.
