– PLAY –
This workshop invites you to explore temptation, anticipation and the building of erotic tension in ropes.
Sunday April 27, 11:30 – 16:00
Antwerp, SPNKD Loft
€ 200 / per couple
Charm me. Furiously.
Torment me. In detail.
—Hermann Hesse
There are other ways to torment your partner in ropes than via pain and physical challenge. In this playful and sensual workshop, Roxu and Ena will introduce you to the art of teasing your rope partner, if not to death, then at least to the brink of madness. 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.
Throughout these hours together, 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
More than a set of exercises, this workshop is 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.
We will build this energy using elements such as:
Time and rhythm
Slow movements that drive frustration, changes in pace that confuse.
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.
Together we create a space where we can explore our shadows, our perversions, and our relationship with shame and desire. In the outside world, many of these power and provocation dynamics might be misunderstood or even judged. But here, in this space, we step into a heterotopia, a world in which the rules change and where we can discover new sides of ourselves and our relationships.
Though this is a beginner friendly workshop, it’s recommended to be familiar with the single and double column ties, and basic frictions. No suspension experience needed.
This workshop 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. Beyond that, we aim to create and hold an inclusive, safer space where all sexes, genders, orientations, ages, and bodies are welcome.
At least 4 jute or hemp ropes, 7-8 meters in length. Ropes can be bought at SPNKD if you don’t have your own.
Dress to undress. Partial nudity and exposure is welcome, but not expected or required.
A passionate practitioner and (near-obsessive) learner since he discovered Shibari in 2016, Roxu has traveled near and far in pursuit of new knowledge and inspiration. Eventually disheartened by the lack of offers in and around his home city of Murcia, southern Spain, he went onto co-founding his own rope studio, Espacio Takibi, where he organizes jams, workshops, and study groups.
Roxu blends influences from Aibunawa and Semenawa into a personal style that is as seductive as it is precise. Highly attuned and full of curiosity in his approach, the way he ties is a dance between technical control and erotic intensity, designed to provoke deep emotional and physical responses.
Instagram: @roxu.k / @espaciotakibi
Telegram: t.me/roxuropes
A sensualist and multidisciplinary creatrix, Ena is a conscious kink educator, author, bodyworker and rope (s)witch, and a regular teacher at Daruma and Kor in Berlin. She discovered the kink and BDSM scenes in 2017, and Shibari in 2020, through which she reconnected with her sexuality, causing her to change her career from the commercial to the sensual arts.
With a professional background in art direction and communication design, Ena is a creative storyteller regardless of her medium, weaving narrative into her work with kink and sexuality to create content—writing, experiences, workshops and sessions—that are as immersive as they are educational. Motivated by the transformational potential of authentic self expression and the unlimited power found in connecting to our innate sexual energy, she is known for her deeply intimate and intuitive approach, emphasizing connection, observation and communication in ropes.
Website: www.enadahl.com
Instagram: @enanna_ascends / @ena.dahl
Telegram: t.me/enadahl
Ena and Roxu met at The European Rigger & Model Exchange (Eurix) in Berlin in the spring of 2024 where they instantly connected over a shared passion for long, drawn out teasing in (and out of) ropes. As inseparable as someone can be whilst living 2500 km apart, the pair has since been traveling across Europe to tie, give workshops and perform together. Joining us at SPNKD in April they’ll be flying in straight from attending Eurix again, this time as headlining presenters.