She/her
Dancehalldyke (she/they) is a switch who likes to play with power dynamics, emotional vulnerability, and darker themes from both sides of the rope. Her style is a mix of traditional kinbaku with dynamic transitions and athleticism. She has a background in classical ballet, modern dance, and mathematical physics. Her rope performances have been featured at Folsom Street Fair, Seattle Erotic Art Festival, SF Pride, Nuit des Cordes, VoxBody Studio, and more. In her vanilla life, she is a college professor. She has been teaching rope for three years and teaching other disciplines for 15 years. She has taught rope nationally and internationally at VoxBody Studio, Temple NY, Birdhaus Toronto, The Jungle House Costa Rica, and more.
This class is about using movement and body manipulation in order to feel power dynamics in rope. We find that many people who want to be tied want to experience a power dynamic and feel a sense of surrendering or submitting. In this class we explore several specific techniques and strategies that we use in order to make space for the person in ropes to feel comfortable settling into this type of head space.
Prerequisites: this is an all levels class. Total beginners can take this class. It is aimed at intermediate students. Advanced students can also benefit.
You’ve put together some patterns, you’ve done some ties, but how do you make it h-o-t? If you’ve ever done a tie where you were intending to do something powerful and sensual and it felt more like making friendship bracelets in outdoor camp, this class is for you. We’ll discuss strategies for turning our technical tying skills into scenes through body manipulation, misdirection, intentional touch, and more, and talk about making our harness tying process and exciting and fun part of our scenes. This class is for intermediate to advanced rope students who have some suspension experience, and want to start bringing scene energy into more technical ties.
Prerequisites: this class is for intermediate/advanced students. Beginners are welcome to observe and can get something out of observing, but would not be able to tie along.