Davide LaoDai
Davide LaoDai is an Italian rigger.
Era: 2010s
RIGGER · PERFORMER
Italian professional rigger, shibari artist and teacher also known as Laodai, a name he says the community gave him while he was living in China. Shibari Study's 2024 podcast bio credits him with founding Studio K, the first shibari studio in Shanghai, and creating Mainland China's first public rope party; current Studio K and Shibari Study studio profiles place his practice base in Bangkok while he continues to travel across Europe and Asia. His work centers on emotional connection, risk awareness, clean / minimal purpose-driven tying, and the idea that the untying process can be the climax of the connection. EURIX lists Laodai / Davide as a 2023 beginner-course teacher, 2024 special guest, 2025 beginner-course teacher and 2026 master-class teacher.
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- Shibari Study Podcast EP 56: Laodai catalogue record
- Studio Yukari: Rope Salon x Kinbaku Live by Laodai Davide x Ayame catalogue record
- Shibari Studio Berlin: Restriction, Exposure & Connection - an interview with Davide Laodai catalogue record
- Instagram: Laodai / @laodai.shibari catalogue record
- Instagram: Laodai / @laodai_shibari catalogue record
- Instagram: Studio K / @studiokshibari catalogue record
- Shibari Study Studios: Studio [K] - LaoDai catalogue record
- Kinky Bangkok: Bangkok Shibari / ShibariWorkshopsTH catalogue record
- Shibari.PH: LaoDai guest week catalogue record
- Shibari Lounge: Shibari Night Special with Laodai & Kuku catalogue record
- Shibari Lounge: Saturday Workshop with Laodai & Kuku catalogue record
- EURIX XXIX / Autumn 2026 presenters and master classes catalogue record
- WOMB: UNBOUND: MALAKAI catalogue record
- Resident Advisor: UNBOUND: MALAKAI at WOMB 2025 catalogue record
- ISFF: Category - Live & Performances catalogue record
Influences (mutual or directional): Murasaki Haruan.
Collaborators: Dan Carabas, Ayame, Kuku.
Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Studio K Shanghai, EURIX 2020s, Bangkok Shibari, Unbound Tokyo, International Shibari Film Festival, Shibari Lounge.