La Cabäne
Small teaching space created by Erato Bänana in winter 2024 that prioritizes queer and marginalized people while remaining open to all. It runs initiation classes, floor and semi-suspension courses, themed workshops and queer rope meetups.
La Cabäne is a small rope teaching space a short walk from Rosa Parks station in the 19th arrondissement. Its event pages say the teacher Erato Bänana created it in winter 2024; Sixtine co-organizes its Cordes & Queer days with her. Bänana has practiced bondage since her youth and shibari for about ten years; she both ties and is tied, teaches in French and English in France and abroad, and focuses on semenawa and emotional exploration. She also works as an actress and director on film, photo and stage projects. Sixtine has been involved with rope since 2008, began tying in 2013, has organized jams and works as a shibari model.
Who it is for
The space says it gives priority to queer and marginalized people while remaining open to everyone, and that it does not accept intolerance of any kind. Bookings are subject to a written code of conduct. Suspension classes take at most five pairs, and the exact address is sent after booking.
Formats
Group classes are taken in pairs at different levels. Private classes and private trainings for pairs run from two to six hours a day; trainings have no set exercises and focus on refining skills, aesthetics or comfort in a particular harness. Semi-private classes are priced by group size, and other teachers can apply to teach there. A November 2026 workshop on expressions of semenawa in partial suspension, co-taught with Lavande, a model who has organized bottom meet-ups since late 2024, is scheduled for 22 November 2026; it lasts five hours, requires experience with partial suspension, and is taught in English if non-French speakers attend.
Cordes & Queer is a queer rope day. The edition on 12 December 2026 combines a two-hour beginner initiation, where partners can be found on site, a speed-rope session modeled on speed dating, and an open rope jam. It is open to adults who identify as queer, and participants are asked to stay sober and to agree limits and consent with their partners. Rope can be borrowed or bought on site, and tickets are sold on Billetweb. The site is in English and French.