Roxu
Berlin-based rigger with an Aibunawa and Semenawa background who co-founded the studio Espacio Takibi and teaches, performs and gives study groups together with Ena Dahl as the duo Ena + Roxu.
Roxu works as a rigger in Berlin, using the styles Semenawa and Aibunawa, and co-founded the rope studio Espacio Takibi. Together with Ena Dahl Roxu forms the rope duo Ena + Roxu, which teaches and performs across Europe.
Background
The Berlin institute IKSK says Roxu discovered shibari in 2016 and then traveled widely for knowledge and inspiration. Roxu went on to co-found Espacio Takibi, where jams, workshops and study groups are organized, and now works in Berlin. The IKSK text describes a personal style that mixes Aibunawa and Semenawa influences. The Onawa Asobi Europe festival gives the same pairing of backgrounds in its performer biography.
Teaching
The duo’s website offers one-on-one tuition for a couple, small-group tuition for up to four couples, and custom workshops for studios and festivals. Its Tuition page says a Semenawa-focused intermediate study group meets in Berlin every other Monday, with beginner and intermediate groups available on request. The site also lists performances, rope sessions, kink coaching and rope work for film, theater and fashion productions.
The duo’s own list of past events and workshops records, for 2025 and 2026, festival presentations at the Danish Shibari Festival, Northern Knots in Norway and Ropelinked in Rotterdam, together with weekend workshops of their Tease & Torment format in several European cities, including a weekend at IKSK in Berlin. The same list records a performance at the Onawa Asobi Festival Europe in Antwerp in September 2025 and, in February 2026, a presentation by Roxu in honor of Yukimura Haruki at the Kinbaku Society of Berlin.
Working with Ena Dahl
According to IKSK, Roxu and Ena Dahl met at the European Rigger and Model Exchange in Berlin in spring 2024 and have since traveled across Europe to tie, teach and perform together. IKSK describes their joint approach as undogmatic and exploratory.
Upcoming in London
Studio Ma in London lists a talk by Roxu called a tribute to Yukimura Haruki for 4 December 2026, and a weekend workshop on aibunawa with Ena Dahl for 5 and 6 December 2026. The duo’s website announces the same dates, along with a performance on 5 December.