Knot Really Dead
Knot Really Dead is an American rigger.
Era: 2020s
RIGGER · TEACHER · PERFORMER
Places
Boston-based rope rigger, teacher and performer working as Knot Really Dead / Knotreallydead. Yugen Studio's public 2025 Performance Night listing says he began practicing bondage in 2018, has focused on semenawa since 2021, and performs with Specimen. He and Specimen regularly teach in Boston; their international teaching and performance context includes AthenShibari, Shizen Studio Barcelona and Yugen Studio, plus Yugen Studio Magazine and Tokyo photoshoot traces with Naka Akira and Sugiura Norio.
Sources
- Yugen Studio: Performance Night with Knot Really Dead and Specimen catalogue record
- Yugen Studio Instagram: Performance Night with Knot Really Dead and Specimen catalogue record
- Yugen Studio Instagram: YSM #8 Knot Really Dead model credit catalogue record
- Yugen Studio Instagram: tagged Yugen SM print image with Knot Really Dead catalogue record
- Yugen Studio Instagram: YSM #7 Knotreallydead shooting credit catalogue record
- AthenShibari Instagram: Knot Really Dead and Specimen workshops catalogue record
- AthenShibari Instagram: weekend with Knot Really Dead and Specimen catalogue record
- Shizen Studio Barcelona Instagram: Knot Really Dead and Specimen weekend catalogue record
- Instagram: Yugen stage memory with Knot Really Dead and Specimen catalogue record
- Instagram: Knot Really Dead and Specimen workshop at Shizen Studio catalogue record
- Instagram: Knot Really Dead and Specimen WILD performance at Shizen Studio catalogue record
- Instagram: Knot Really Dead and BloodxPup performance at Aphilia Studio catalogue record
Documented scene activity
4 other dated records
How to read this graph
Bar height shows the number of records for each year. Programme appearances come from public event listings; other records include dated performances and credits. The timeline and totals run through the current year; announced appearances within that period count. Gaps may reflect missing records, not inactivity.
Official links
Collaborators: Specimen.
Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: AthenShibari, Shizen Studio Barcelona, Yugen Studio, Aphilia Studio, Yugen Studio Magazine.