Harper

Firm work: sustained pressure along the spine, held in place rather than repeated until something gives. At twenty-three she has a confidence that usually arrives a decade later. Centrum is her ground, and she is at most hotel doors inside half an hour, day or night. The American plainness gets mistaken for coldness for about four minutes, and then it stops being mistaken for anything. Longer bookings suit her better than short ones, and an evening out first is welcome rather than tolerated.

She works outcall across central Amsterdam, most often around De Pijp, and she does not keep a studio. Sessions run from a single hour to the eight-hour overnight.