Felix Ruckert

Felix Ruckert, born 1959, is a German choreographer in the Osada / Western.

1959–present

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

Influences (mutual or directional): Osada Steve, Arisue Go, Akechi Kanna, Hajime Kinoko, Naka Akira, Yagami Ren, Midori, Matthias T. J. Grimme, Shadow, Hagen Pürzel, Dan Carabas, Pilar LaOtra, Andy Buru, WisDomme, Andreas Regner, Ann Antidote.

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.