Specimen
Specimen is an American teacher.
Era: 2020s
TEACHER · PERFORMER
Places
Boston-based rope practitioner, teacher and performer working with Knot Really Dead. Yugen Studio's public 2025 Performance Night listing says Specimen began a kinbaku path almost ten years earlier, centers connection and intimacy in rope, and has explored semenawa with Knot Really Dead for four years. The pair regularly teaches in Boston, with international teaching and performance context at AthenShibari, Shizen Studio Barcelona and Yugen Studio.
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
- 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
Documented scene activity
3 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: Knot Really Dead.
Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: AthenShibari, Shizen Studio Barcelona, Yugen Studio.