Introduction to Movement Rope
with Kasm and Anoxia
This three-hour, hands-on class that distills the core principles of movement-informed tying—drawing inspiration from contact improv, social dance, and theater—to help rope practitioners explore rope as a shared, responsive experience. We’ll focus on attunement, connection, and movement fluency, introducing foundational techniques for incorporating improvised and intentional motion into your tying. Through guided drills, partnered exercises, and simple floorwork, you’ll learn how to use your body to listen, communicate, and shape your tying in a way that prioritize presence and play. This class centers “yes-and” tying, where curiosity leads and the rope follows.
Prerequisites (for both people in a pair):
- Familiarity with each other as tying partners
- An arms-out chest harness that works for you both
- Knowledge of common rope risks and risk mitigation strategies
- Physical ability to stand or sit for long periods of time, and have basic standing balance
Equipment:
- 4-6 piece rope kit
- Cutting tool
Instructor Bios:
Kasm and Anoxia have been partners in life and in rope since 2018; tying, teaching, and performing together. They have presented in classes and intensives across the US, as well as at large kink conferences like Ropecraft, Kinkfest, Tethered Together, and Desert Bound.
Anoxia (they/them) is a switch based out of Chicago, who started in rope in 2015. Over the years, they’ve had the opportunity to study in many different styles with educators in the US, Europe, and Japan. They present classes which go beyond patterns and rote memorization to teach underlying principles relevant to students at any point in their rope journey. Nox also currently serves on the NARIX steering committee. In play, their rope is often intense, creative, dynamic, and charged with emotional sadism. They can be found as Anoxia on fetlife, and anoxiarope on instagram.
Kasm (they/them) is a queer, kinky switch and self-tier who started teaching in 2018. In the classroom they prioritize personalized instruction and building an environment that is safe to flail in. In their personal practice they enjoy exploring intimacies and modes of play through the lens of rope bondage, with a focus on movement driven scenes and sadomasochistic play. They recently relocated to Chicago after coming up in the Seattle scene. They can be found as KasmOfRope on fetlife, and kasm.of.rope on instagram.
RSVP is $110 per pair
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