Felix Ruckert
Nationalität: Deutschland
Adresse: Berlin - Deutschland
Website: www.felixruckert.de
Felix Ruckert is a dancer,
choreographer and curator.
He creates events, performs, gives lectures and teaches
workshops, often fusing his knowledge from dance with an
unique approach to practices of BDSM and conscious
sexuality.
He also enjoys making music.
He started as a dancer working with several
renowned companies (Mathilde Monnier, Pina Bausch’s
Wuppertaler Tanztheater) before concentrating on
choreography, conceptual work and choreographic
installations.
Between 1993 and 2008 he created more than
30 evening length performances for his Berlin based
company; some of those toured worldwide.
He strongly influenced the performing arts
by expanding the stage to the physical body of the
audience and giving it an active role in his performances.
His experimental dance pieces, his
participatory work and his choreographies for ballet
companies earned him an international reputation as one of
the most versatile and innovative contemporary
choreographers.
Felix main
interests are the endless possibilities of the human body.
He studied Ballet, Modern and Contemporary dance,
Improvisation, Feldenkrais, Pilates, Continuum Movement,
Yoga, Chi Kung, Kinomichi, Kyudo, Tao Yoga, Massage
techniques, Tantra, Kinbaku, Choir and Solo Singing and
much more.
In the last twenty years he became well
known for his practical and theoretical investigation of
BDSM and the exploration of connections between BDSM
techniques and artistic practices, developing an art of
touch and a philosophy of sensual communication.
From 2007 to 2016 he directed the art venue
schwelle7 in Berlin as a fusion of a kinky club, a dance
studio and a private living room: a permanent performance
on the threshold between the private and the public.
schwelle7 also produced many
performances and workshops with Japanese masters and
therefore played a major role in the popularization of
Kinbaku – Japanese Rope Bondage- in Europe.
Since 2004 Felix directs the annual festival
xplore in Berlin and curates its international
branches, with 28 editions in seven countries so far.
Since 2012 he also directs EURIX – The
European Rigger&Model Exchange, a bi-annual
festival in Berlin dedicated to the development of Rope
Bondage as an art form.
