Perf & Jam evening - May Dosem and Maël

Atelier Mae offers you a brand new formula, the monthly Perf & Jam!

The concept of the “Perf & Jam” was born from the idea of being able, once a month, to promote experienced shibari practitioners in order to raise public awareness of the different styles of ropes that coexist and mingle within the same universe. Sometimes playing on constraint, other times on the traditional sphere, on the emotional aspect, or even on a more artistically chaotic universe, the demonstration proposed by our presenters will allow you to discover universes as varied as they are intense. In addition, we also wanted to demonstrate, apart from the plurality of ties types, a certain diversity of roles, genders and morphologies within the ropes sessions, in order to show that shibari remains an art and a discipline accessible to all without other restriction than wanting to invest in it.

On the program, a performance by the day's guests, then a time for discussion between the audience and the artists. This will be followed by the traditional Atelier Mae jam, accessible to all levels and to those who wish to practice as well as those who would simply like to observe.

For this first edition, Atelier Mae welcomes May Dosem as well as her partner Maël (Paris).

May dosem (she)

She has been practicing shibari since 2015 and has been taught by several instructors in a wide variety of styles, both on the ground and in suspension. Particularly passionate about the role of tyer, she quickly devoted herself to teaching and performance. May previously followed artistic training and worked in the field of sculpture, a world whose issues and concerns always accompany her. His approach starts from a vision of shibari as a meeting ground between erotic emotion and aesthetic emotion. This practice allows him to combine his taste for creative research and for the complex relational dimension enabled by BDSM through photography and performance but also the construction of educational content. May is co-creator of the Port d’attaches association which has organized numerous events around the practice of shibari in Paris since 2019.

Find her on her website, as well as on her Instagram page.

Performance + exchange time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Jam: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.