Erato Bänana
Erato Bänana is a French nawashi in the Naka-ryū.
Era: 2010s
NAWASHI · MODEL · TEACHER
Paris-based rope switch, shibari instructor and performer. Ten-year bondage practitioner who turned to shibari in 2017 and began following Docvale's teaching in November 2018. Co-managed Atelier Simonet in Paris with Docvale until summer 2023, then created La Cabäne in Paris during winter 2024 as a small shibari teaching space in the 19th arrondissement. Teaches both rigging and modeling, leveraging her prior background as actress and director for performances, photoshoots and video projects. Instructor on Shibari Study and guest teacher at Karada House.
School: Naka-ryū
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- Erato Banana: official profile catalogue record
- Erato Banana: La Cabäne catalogue record
- Shibari Study: Bänana author page catalogue record
- Karada House organizer profile: Bänana catalogue record
- Instagram: Erato Bänana / @eratobanana catalogue record
- Bluesky: Erato Banana / @eratobanana.bsky.social catalogue record
- Temple NYC: Mermaid Transitions with Bänana and Soft Armor catalogue record
- Billetweb: Public session - Bänana & Soft Armor catalogue record
- Karada House: Playing with Exposure (on the floor) catalogue record
- Studio Friction: Movement & Immobility with Bänana and Soft Armor catalogue record
- Temple New York: Bnana and Chocholapain live catalogue record
- VoxBody Studio: Bnana and Chocolapain workshop catalogue record
- Karada House: Everything You Need to Know about Partial Suspensions catalogue record
- Karada House: Virtual Queerope 2026 programme catalogue record
- Prague Shibari Festival 2025 autumn presenters catalogue record
- Prague Shibari Festival 2025 autumn schedule catalogue record
- Prague Shibari Festival 2025: Bänana & Fred catalogue record
- Instagram: Zwielicht Studio Erato Bänana workshop posters catalogue record
- HelloAsso: Les Cordes Roses - Erato Bänana workshop catalogue record
- Bound Lark: Erato-Banana April 2026 workshop weekend catalogue record
- Bound Lark Rope Studio: Calendar 2026 catalogue record
- Temple NYC: Movement & Immobility with Bänana and Soft Armor catalogue record
- Devil Mask Studio: visiting intensives archive catalogue record
- Studio Friction: Floor Work - Breath Control with Bänana and Soft Armor catalogue record
Influences (mutual or directional): Docvale.
Collaborators: Soft Armor, Marion Jacquet.
Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Atelier Simonet, La Cabäne, Karada House, Shibari Study, Queerope, Prague Shibari Fest 2020s, Zwielicht Studio, Les Cordes Roses, Bound Lark Rope Studio, Temple New York, Devil Mask Studio, Studio Friction.