MARIE SAUVAGE
— shibari performance
+ workshops
3+4 MARCH 2023
WITH MÂM PRODUCTIONS
Villa Pankow
• Marie Sauvage's performance accompanied by live music with Philipp Johann Thimm
• Bar
• Afterparty with the amazing Dj Kismet and D.Tales
Dive into the world of Shibari guided by one of the masters herself. We have brought you Marie Sauvage, a student of Hajime Kinoko and now a mastered queen herself, into our exclusive Private Loft in Berlin. Merging the edginess of Berlin with Marie´s sensual approach towards rope play.
Marie's ephemeral rope weaving brings a sense of the mystical into the room. Her movements are as delicate as the silks, lingerie, and heels adorning her and her muses. Her style of shibari is a sheer spectacle of feminine radiance.
The contrast of Marie's gentle touch mixed with the intensity of rope suspension is what makes this performance particularly moving, leaving spectators with a lingering emotion, as if they had all been touched by the same tenderness while dangerously defying gravity, held by a few strategically placed cords.
Marie Sauvage is one of the few women who publicly performs Shibari, a Japanese art form that has been predominantly practiced by men. Her feminine approach has given the art of tying a fresh perspective, making rope feel more approachable to a wider audience, especially a female audience. Her tying has subverted the cultural norms around rope, garnering the curiosity of people beyond the world of fetishism.
„Shibari restricts the body, but frees the subconscious mind.“
— Marie Sauvage
Instead of adhering to the predominant themes surrounding SM culture, she emphasizes the sensual exploration of rope as a catalytic device. In Marie’s world, there is rarely a dominant or submissive. The rigger and muse are equal participants, in a utopian space where mutual trust and vulnerability yield beautiful results. Marie does not rehearse her Shibari, lending each performance her authentic, signature flair. Her partners are often friends she invites into her rope play, and the audience participates as active voyeurs, witness to the polarizing power of their intimate universe.
For Marie, shibari is a celebration of this intimacy. By reveling in the eroticized human body, the elegant lines of rope defy the pull of gravity, transcending both muse and audience to a realized freedom. One is left spellbound in the perfume of Marie’s performance.”
