Tifereth

Tifereth is a rigger, rope performer and teacher in Toronto and a co-owner of Birdhaus, an events venue for the city’s alternative community on Queen Street West. Tifereth appears on the team of Birdhaus’s shibari program, which presents itself as inclusive and creative, mixes styles and teaching methods and builds skills component by component, and co-guides Tinker Tuesday, an open practice evening where people who have taken a Birdhaus class work through each other’s rope problems, from harness design to transitions.

Performance

In 2026 Tifereth co-directed Love, Shakespeare, and Rope with the rigger BH.Rope. It was the Toronto Fringe production of Of a Feather, a femme-led rope performance and teaching troupe from Parkdale, and ran at Birdhaus in July 2026 with a ten-person ensemble; Tifereth also tied in it. The company’s profile describes Tifereth as an internationally recognized shibari performer who had recently toured Jamaica and Europe, and credits Tifereth with shaping the show’s visual language and arc.

Ties taught by others

Two ties associated with Tifereth circulate beyond Toronto. In August 2024 Studio Friction in Denver held a class on the Peach Tie, a hip harness the listing credits to Tifereth, which shifts load from the hips to the waist and thighs; the teacher there had learned it from Tifereth’s online video. A 2026 class at the Tied Down South rope conference built a suspension sequence on the Tenshi, a tie that the class description says Tifereth teaches on the online platform Shibari Study.