Felix Ruckert
Felix Ruckert, born 1959, is a German choreographer in the Osada / Western.
Era: 2000s
CHOREOGRAPHER · ORGANIZER · TEACHER
German choreographer, performer, teacher and organiser whose official biography says he discovered shibari / kinbaku on a 1999 trip to Japan. First teachers: Hagen, Matthias T. J. Grimme, Midori, Shadow and Osada Steve; later intensive study included Arisue Go, Akechi Kanna, Hajime Kinoko, Akira Naka, Otonaya Otonawa and Ren Yagami. In Berlin he ran schwelle7 from 2007 to 2016, initiated EURIX in 2012 and opened IKSK at Holzmarkt in 2020. His official site remains an active announcement hub for EURIX, xplore, Bondage and schwelle7 / IKSK-adjacent programming.
School: Osada / Western
Places
Official links
Sources
- Felix Ruckert biography: shibari / schwelle7 / EURIX catalogue record
- Felix Ruckert official site / WordPress watch surfaces catalogue record
- EURIX archive: organizers and recurring editions catalogue record
- IKSK Berlin: community catalogue record
- Felix Ruckert: IKSK / Zentrum für neue sexuelle Kultur catalogue record
- Shibari Studio Berlin: Dan Carabas rope journey catalogue record
- Prague Shibari Festival 2018: Pilar Aldea & Nehra Stella catalogue record
- Andy Buru official homepage catalogue record
- Felix Ruckert archive: schwelle7 texts, 2016 catalogue record
- BalkanBound Telegram archive: WisDomme & NyxRope catalogue record
- Fesselkunstraum official site catalogue record
- Daruma Berlin: Ann Antidote catalogue record
- Saara Rei: About and résumé catalogue record
- Prague Shibari Festival 2016 workshop schedule catalogue record
- Prague Shibari Festival 2016 performers catalogue record
- Prague Shibari Festival 2016 performances catalogue record
- The Parallel Vision: Rome Bondage Week, l'arte giapponese delle corde al Qube catalogue record
- Instagram: Felix Ruckert and @sophia.shibari at Place des Cordes catalogue record
Influences (mutual or directional): Osada Steve, Arisue Go, Akechi Kanna, Hajime Kinoko, Naka Akira, Yagami Ren, Midori, Matthias T. J. Grimme, Shadow, Hagen, Dan Carabas, Pilar LaOtra, Andy Buru, WisDomme, Andreas Regner, Ann Antidote, Saara Rei.
Influenced by: Global Workshop Circuit.
Collaborators: Anna Noctuelle, Tifereth, Saara Rei, Dasniya Sommer.
Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: EURIX 2010s, EURIX 2020s, IKSK Berlin, schwelle7, Prague Shibari Fest 2010s, Rome Bondage Week, Place des Cordes.