Shibari Artist Marie Sauvage
For this night only you can be Marie's Muse and become part of the performance. Marie will tie one or two guests in separate performances located in the downstairs dungeon. We allow photography for you to take home as a souvenir, photos by Marie herself. Please select ticket 'Marie's Muse' to participate.
Marie SauvageMarie 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.
Instead of adhering to the predominant themes surrounding SM culture, she emphasises 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 polarising power of their intimate universe.
For Marie, shibari is a celebration of this intimacy. By revelling in the eroticised human body, the elegant lines of rope defy the pull of gravity, transcending both muse and audience to a realised freedom. One is left spellbound in the perfume of Marie’s performance.”
Read about Marie:
Purple Magazine,
Pollock Fine Art,
Nasty Magazine,
Numero.
Visit her website.