Felix Ruckert

Felix Ruckert presenter portrait

Felix Ruckert is a dancer, choreographer and curator. He creates events, performs, gives lectures and teaches workshops – often fusing his knowledge from dance with an unique approach to practices of BDSM and conscious sexuality. He also enjoys making music.
He started as a dancer working with several renowned companies (Mathilde Monnier, Pina Bausch’s Wuppertaler Tanztheater) before concentrating on choreography, conceptual work and choreographic installations. Between 1993 and 2008 he created more than 30 evening length performances for his Berlin based company; some of those toured worldwide. He strongly influenced the performing arts by expanding the stage to the physical body of the audience and giving it an active role in his performances. His experimental dance pieces, his participatory work and his choreographies for ballet companies earned him an international reputation as one of the most versatile and innovative contemporary choreographers.

Felix main interest are the endless possibilities of the human body. He studied Ballet, Modern and Contemporary Dance, Improvisation, Feldenkrais, Pilates, Continuum Movement, Yoga, Chi Kung, Kinomichi, Kyudo, Tao Yoga, different Massage techniques, Tantra, Kinbaku, Choir and Solo Singing and much more. In the last twenty years he became well known for his practical and theoretical investigation of BDSM and the exploration of connections between BDSM techniques and artistic practices, developing an art of touch and a philosophy of sensual communication.
From 2007 to 2016 he directed the art venue schwelle7 in Berlin as a fusion of a kinky club, a dance studio, a theatre and a private living room: a permanent performance on the threshold between the private and the public. schwelle7 also produced many performances and workshops with Japanese masters and therefore played a major role in the popularization of Kinbaku – Japanese Rope Bondage- in Europe. A documentary about schwelle7, Violently Happy by Paola Calvo, was released in 2017.
Since 2004 Felix directs the annual festival xplore in Berlin and curates its international branches, with 28 editions in seven countries so far. Since 2012 he also directs EURIX – The European Rigger&Model Exchange, a bi-annual festival in Berlin dedicated to the development of Rope Bondage as an art form.

More information: www.felixruckert.de

Workshops


  • Kidnapping

    Felix Ruckert

    A workshop for all who fantasize about being kidnapped or kidnapping someone.

    It can be about persecution and overwhelming, loss of control, imprisonment and limited movement, being at the mercy of others, helplessness, rape fantasies and more.

    We will discuss different scenarios and possibilities and – of course – talk about exit strategies and safe words.

    With willing “victims” and “perpetrators” we will then design kidnapping scenarios in small groups and then realize them – during the xplore weekend!

  • Mass Marriage

    Felix Ruckert & Vanessa Florence

    Come and get married. With your beloved partner. With several beloved partners. With your dog. With your car. With yourself.
    Finally done: The ultimate unification, the absolute and final happiness.
    The highlight of your life.

    Felix and the Australian witch Vanessa Florence will stage a mass wedding, complete with prayers, songs and other useful rituals.

    This is your chance.
    And don’t forget the rings!


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