Belarusian rope artist, performer, shibari teacher and event organizer based around Minsk. Nawapedia.ru describes Aleksei Kalatsky as a Belarusian shibari master who organizes events and master classes, makes ropes, develops shibari as a yoga practice and performs on stage. His own site presents him as a rope artist, performer, Shibari master and Nawashi; says he regularly organizes events, masterclasses and stage performances; and frames his public 'Getting to Know Shibari' lectures through yoga practice and safe, accessible entry into rope. The same site lists Shibari events in Minsk, Brest, Vitebsk, Grodno and other Belarusian cities, and specifically says regular Introduction to Shibari lectures are held at RebootHome yoga studio in Minsk. In a direct self-reported correction, Kalatsky identifies Ryhor Shabeka as his first shibari teacher.
Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: ParanFest Yerevan.
縛Bakushi MapBETA
An interactive genealogy of bakushi and kinbaku —
the Japanese rope traditions that grew from Edo-period hojōjutsu
through twentieth-century SM magazines into today's global
shibari scene.
People
343
Entities
269
Connections
1546
Eras
9
Each record is sourced from public material — Nawapedia,
ShibariStudy, festival rosters, interviews, archived studio
pages — and curated by a single researcher.
Beta — structure and interface are public;
data is still being expanded and corrected.
How to read it
Vertical position is time: the 1800s at the
top, the 2020s at the bottom. Cards are coloured by
school or lineage; lines between them carry
the relationship type:
deshi — direct apprenticeship
influence — peer study, mentorship
thinner colours — venue, magazine, production
card colour = school / lineage
Click a card to open its bio, antecedents and descendants.
Filters in the top bar narrow by era, entity type, or
relationship.
Caveats
Inclusion is selective: a person or studio appears only when
there's enough public evidence to anchor them meaningfully.
Missing birth years are deliberate — many practitioners don't
publicise them. Errors and gaps will exist; corrections
welcome at pussynawa@proton.me.