A Weekend with 45 Workshops on the Art of Lust
23. / 24. / 25. July 2004 in
Berlin
delta®
Since the End of the 70s, delta® has been working as a performer
and manager in several theatregroups in Berlin.
In 1985 he started, first autodidactically, concentrating on dance,
later on Japanese Butoh. In 1987 he founded "tatoeba - Théatre
Dance Grotesque", together with Minako Seki and Yumiko Yoshioka. It was
the first German-Japanese Butoh Ensemble in Germany.
Since 1995 he is co-directing the dance exchange project "eX...it!"
with Yumiko Yoshioka which takes place at Schloss Bröllin e.V.
1998 he developed his "ritual feet washing ceremony".
Since the year 2000, his main focus has been collaborating with Gregor
Weber and performing with Felix Ruckert in "Deluxe Joy Pilot", "Secret
Service" and "Love Zoo" among others.
As a professed sadist, he has practiced S/M for many years actively. In
his twisted mind pain and lust belong together. Pain is a catalyst for
lust.
Since 2003 he has performed "Peitsche und Liebe" with C.D.
combining S/M and dance. Their aim is to show that there are
alternatives
to the usual hard core S/M performances.
For more information see:
www.feetwash.de
His Workshops:
Feet Washing
Washing feet was a normal part of life
in earlier times, because roads were dusty and shoes were expensive.
Therefore washing feet was a daily ritual, a sign of respect and esteem
for fellow people. It was not only used to clean, but to heal and to
care for the feet, which were sore due to long distance walks.
Meanwhile the feet washing ritual has disappered from daily life.
Nowadays the idea of washing feet often causes amazement or
astonishment.
He would like to bring new life to this ritual and answer the following
questions:
- Why are feet so sensitive?
- How does the sensation of our feet give an impulse to the rest of the
body?
- What should I know, if I want to do a feet washing ceremony?
Besides
the workshop delta RA´i will offer a daily chance to experience a
feet washing - either as a recipient or as a spectator. In the backyard
during the long break.
Spanking and Caning
together with C.D.
In Spanking as well as Caning the preferred "educational surface" is
the bottom.
Spanking (slapping with the hand) is one of the safest ways to start
learning about hitting, because the hand of the top also feels pain.
For that
reason overdoing it is rare.
The classic instrument for punishment in school (as some of you might
still remember) has found its way into the sadomasochistic subculture.
Besides "lust and pain play", the cane is usually used in role playing
such as parent / child or teacher / pupil.
In this workshops we will talk about safety aspects and give answers to
the question "What makes these games so interesting?"
Foot Torture
together with C.D.
Our feet are both robust and extremely sensitive.
The torturers in former times used this knowledge to give convicts
draconian punishment with a cane on the sole. This punishment was
extraordinarily painful, but it didn´t leave any traces.
Even today, the classic "Bastonade" is often used to bring pain through
the sole of the foot to the whole body. Foot torture is however much
more than the simple use of a cane. Torture starts for everyone at a
different point. For some of us, tickling may be much more torture than
anything else.
This Workshop will provide many nasty ideas for different methods of
torturing.
Flagellation
together with C.D.
Through a variety of practical excercises we will give you a feeling
for the use of different whips.
Only the one who knows what it feels like to be whipped, is able to use
a whip responsibly.
Where can I hit with diffent whips? How strong can I whip without
leaving traces? Or in order to leave traces!
We want to give answers to common questions, like:
- Where to get a whip?
- How to transport the whip without having to tell the neighbours "I
have a pony"?
- How to make your own whip?
Hands on Workshop
