Advanced Kinbaku Clinic
For advanced practitioners, educators, and performers. We work on the advanced skills.
Details
- Date: September 26, 2026
- Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Fee: $50-90 (Low barrier options available at the door)
- Doors open: 30 min before start
- Duration: 5 hours
- Prerequisites: Advanced knowledge in suspensions, patterns, communication, and movement.
- Material to bring: Ropes
- For individuals or pairs: Pairs
- Who is this for: Queer and friends
Tickets
Tickets also available at the door. Low barrier options like PWYC and our Pay-It-Forward-Board available at the door. For assistance, please ask us via info@studio-allegory.com
About This Event
Every 4th Saturday of the month, Barkas invites advanced practitioners of Shibari/Kinbaku for a masterclass/clinic at Studio Allegory.
Topics range from
- Ranboo
- Yukimura Ryu
- Suspension transitions
- specifics of rope and body handling
and more.
The specific topic of the clinic will be announced in the week before the clinic.
Facilitator
Georg Barkas
Georg Barkas is an intimacy educator, researcher, and rope bondage performer based in Vancouver, Canada. Their focus lies in the deconstruction of established norms and approaches to kink, intimacy, and sexuality. Their background in academics (physics, mathematics, history, and philosophy) is used to approach historically psychological aspects from different perspectives. Author of “Archaeology of personalities – a linguistic approach to erotic rope bondage”, as well as several articles in international magazines.
Facilitator
Addie
Addie is a switch and self-suspension enthusiast. She organizes regular workshops on dynamic self-suspension and versatile education both, for beginners and technically advanced. When co- teaching she focuses on bottoming information and discourse.
Fine Print
Accessibility
Studio Allegory is on the ground floor and there are no steps anywhere in the space. There is a single washroom for all with a handle bar and an air hand dryer. We have unscented soap, and we run an industrial air purifier automatically. Studio Allegory has a kitchen corner with a kettle and a coffee maker, as well as a mini fridge and a microwave. Studio Allegory also has a quiet room equipped with fidget toys, colouring books, blankets, noise cancelling earmuffs, and stuffed animals. Upon request we can provide closed captions for our workshops running on a screen. We have masks for a small donation.
Cancellation & Refund
If Studio Allegory has to cancel an event: We will either refund ticket holders or transfer tickets to similar events in the future, depending on the wishes of the ticket holder.
Cancellation by participants: Cancellation before 48h prior to the start of the event entitles the ticket holder to a full refund. Between 48h and the start of the workshop, we can provide a partial refund (50% minus payment processing fees) or transfer of the ticket to a similar event in the future.
No refund or transfer can be offered for no-shows or cancellation after the event has started.
Terms & Conditions
Please be aware that this event falls under our current terms and conditions.
Studio Rules
Please be aware that this event falls under our current studio rules.