Andrea Ropes è un performer e Maestro di Shibari a livello internazionale.
Nato a Modena, in Italia, inizia il suo percorso con le corde nel 2006, inciampando in una foto e rimanendone da subito affascinato.
Successivamente ha iniziato i suoi studi di questa forma d’arte apprendendone le varie tecniche e gli stili che lo caratterizzano, inizialmente come autodidatta, in seguito andando a lezione da grandi maestri come Kanna Nawashi (che considera suo principale maestro e ispiratore) Haruki Yukimura, Hajime Kinoko, Bob Ropemarks, Otonawa, Bingo Shigonawa, ecc.
All’inizio del 2015, con 9 anni di esperienza, decide di intraprendere la carriera di professionista, viaggiando e portando il suo lavoro di educatore e showman in giro per l’Italia e l’Europa. Il suo stile sul palcoscenico è prevalentemente caratterizzato da grande dinamicità, espressività artistica e pulizia della tecnica. Come educatore si distingue per la sua adattabilità alle esigenze dei discenti che ha di fronte e per la cura minuziosa della tecnica, soprattutto per ciò che riguarda le tensioni. Grande importanza hanno i suoi studi e la sua continua ricerca sulla comunicazione attraverso le corde, principio imprescindibile di questa disciplina.
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Elenco dei principali avvenimenti a cui ha partecipato:
2019
4th – 6th October – Workshop & Show @ Prague shibari fest. – Prague (CZ)
5th – 11th August – Workshop @ Shibari camp – (SWE)
27th – 28th July – Show & Workshop, Amiens (F)
14th June – Show @ Rope Spirit. Prague (CZ)
24th – 26th May – Show and Workshop @ Boundcon, Munich (D) (recupera foto)
5th – 7th April – Workshop and Show @ Kinbaku lounge, Copenhagen (DK)
22th – 24th Mars – Workshop and Show – Toulouse (F) (recupera foto)
2nd February – Shibari Show night @ AKA, Roma (I)
2018
2nd – 4th November – Boundcon meet Feringa – Munich (D)
20th – 23rd September – Show and Workshops @ Rome Bondage Week – Roma (I) (recupera foto)
25th – 27th May – Show and Workshop @ Boundcon, Munich (D) (recupera foto)
6th – 8th April – Workshop and Show @ Kinbaku lounge, Copenhagen (DK)
17th – 18th Mars – Workshop and Show, Amiens (F)
10th – 11th Mars – Workshop, Strasburg (F)
10th February – Workshop and Show, Montpellier (F) (recupera foto)
3rd – 4th February – Workshop and Show, Lyon (F) (recupera foto)
2017
30th December – Show @ Place des cordes – Paris (F)
18th – 19th November – Show and workshop @ Madrid Shibari – Madrid (S)
11th – 12th November – Show and workshop @ FaustoBCN – Barcelona (S)
3rd – 5th November – Boundcon meet Feringa – Munich (D)
13th – 17th September – Show and workshop @ Rome Bondage Week – Rome (I)
24th – 26th July – Show and workshops @ Metaldays – Tolmin (SLO)
17th June – Show @ Rope spirit with Kameko – Prague (CZ)
10th June – Show @ Coven – Manerba del Garda (I)
27th May – Show @ Boundcon with Clementine Poulain, Munich – D
17th May – Show @ Shibari on stage, Milano (I)
21st – 23rd Apr. – Show & Workshop @ Ellipsis, Rotterdam – N
17th Feb. – Show @ Bound with Kitty Rea, London – UK
2016
16th Dec. – Show @ Decadence, Bologna – I
11th Dec. – Show @ Conventicola degli ultramoderni, Rome – I
20th Nov. – Workshop @ CKC, Milan – I
5th Nov. – Show @ Fetique boutique, Ljubjana – SLO
23rd Oct. – Workshop @ Lyon shibari, Lyon – F
21st Oct. – Shot @ La Meduze, Lyon – F
15th Oct. – Workshop and show @ Claire obscure, Cap d’Agde – F
8th – 9th Oct. – Workshop @ Le circle de Janise, Strasbourg – F
1st – 2nd Oct. – Workshops @la Maison des Soupirs, Bordeaux – F
24th Sept. – Workshop and show @ Edo association – Nantes – F
12th – 18th Sept. – Workshops and show @ Eurix – Berlin – D
29th – 31st July – Show and Workshops, Kharkov – Ukraine
22nd – 24th July – Show and Workshops, Kiev – Ukraine
1st July – Show at Shibari Show Party with Clementine Poulain, Rome
17th-19th June – Show and Workshop with Clementine Poulain, Prague – Czech Republic
4th June – Performance “Mondo invertito” with Carlo A. Motta, Lucca (review)
14th-15th May – Workshop in Palermo
7th-8th May – Workshop in Trento
22nd-24th April – Show and Workshop @ Moskow knot with Clementine Poulain, Moskow – Rus
16th-17th April – Show and Workshop @ Q with Clementine Poulain, Rome
27th March – Show @Decadence Easter party with Clementine Poulain, Berlin – D
26th March – Show @Imaginarium party with Bliss Theadora, London – UK
11th March – Show @Torture Garden with Bliss Theadora, London – UK
4th March – Show @Bound with Bliss Theadora, London – UK
20th-21st February – Workshop @ Hikari Kesho studio, Padova – Italy
30th-31st January – Show & Workshop @ Spazio Khymeia, Milan – Italy
17th January – Show @ Q with Silvia Fera, Rome
2015
27th-29th November – Show @kinbaku night and Workshop @MBDstudio, Rome
21st-22nd November – Workshop @la Maison des Soupirs, Bordeaux – F
14th November – Show & Workshop @ Bestiarum party, Zagreb – CRO
7th November – Show @ Klub Circus. Ljubjana – SLO
31st October – Show @Predel club, Moskow – RUS
19th September – Show @ AKA rope school, Rome
August – Rope summer school @ Anatomie studio, London – UK
25th July – Blues and shibari with Liricaa Lamat @Club Rosas5, Barcelona – S
8th May – Music video – Cradle of Filth, Right Wing of the Garden Triptych
25th – 26th April – Workshop and Show, Bordeaux – F
18th April – Show @moskowknot with Sasha Ishemia, Moskow – RUS
31st January – Show @Kinbaku untied with Gestalta, Barcelona – S
16th January – Show @Bound with Gestalta, London – UK
2014
November – Show @Tokyo Underground with Gestalta, Geneva
October – Nawashi Kanna event in tea house, Ikegami Honmon-ji, Tokyo
February – Show @Bound with Gorgone, London
2013
October – Show @London Festival of the Art of Japanese Rope Bondage with Gorgone, London
September – Workshop & show @Bal des supplices, Lyon
27th April – Show @Lausanne shibari night with Gorgone, Lausanne
19th April – Show @Bound with Maya Homerton, London
2012
October – Show @London Festival of the Art of Japanese Rope Bondage with Nina Russ, London
October – Show @Bound with Valentina, London
September – Workshop & show @Bal des supplices, Lyon
2011
16th October – Show @LegArti, Rome
2010
October – Show @Decadence with Kumy Monster, Bologna