Baryss
Lyon rigger who has tied for about 12 years and co-founded Studio du Parc with Roxanne. A long-time musician and dancer, he compares a rope session to a couple dancing, in which lead and follow can change hands. He has also taught for five years in a Lyon association.
Baryss is a rigger and teacher in Lyon and, with Roxanne, a co-founder of Studio du Parc. His own site says he has worked with rope for twelve years and has shared his experience in a Lyon association for five years and now offers his own activities; Lyon Shibari, a local association, names him as a teacher on its course listings.
Background and approach
He has been a musician and dancer for many years and says both disciplines shape his rope, which he wants to be gentle, sensual, attentive, aesthetic and dynamic. He does not name individual teachers, but writes that after several years of study, the styles of the people he learned from fed both his own practice and his wish to teach.
For him, rope is about letting go and making a moment set apart from everyday life. He compares a session to a dancing couple: both partners stand on equal footing, and the roles of leading and following can pass from one to the other during the session. He says he wants his activities to take place in a welcoming, caring and safe setting.
Studio du Parc
Studio du Parc is a studio in Lyon that he runs with Roxanne. It is mainly devoted to shibari and kinbaku, but also hosts dance classes, drag workshops, introductions to other BDSM practices and other body-based activities. The studio lists a quiet indoor room, an outdoor area, a changing room and first-aid and safety equipment.
Teaching
He teaches group classes, private lessons and private introductions, and offers three workshop formats for other venues and groups: a beginner workshop of one to three days on basic safety, the main floor positions, the principles behind basic ties and communication during a session; an introduction to suspension of one or two days in small groups, covering basic harnesses, tension lines and simple suspensions, with Room 82 in Lyon’s 8th arrondissement as one listed venue; and a two-day workshop on active bottoming, which looks at the rope model’s role through the dance concepts of lead and follow and introduces semi-suspension. Custom workshops on other themes can be arranged. His site says he traditionally gives a performance at each workshop to show his style.
His online teaching, in French, runs in three tiers: a free introductory guide to shibari and its basic knot, structured multi-level courses with stated goals for each level, and a monthly subscription to a library of themed lessons for students who already know the basics.