Knot Really Dead

Knot Really Dead is a American rigger.

Era: 2020s

RIGGER · TEACHER · PERFORMER

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.

School: Independent

Collaborators: Specimen.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: AthenShibari, Shizen Studio Barcelona, Yugen Studio, Yugen Studio Magazine.