{"id":26149,"date":"2024-11-27T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/?p=26149"},"modified":"2024-11-29T11:20:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T19:20:50","slug":"pieces-of-performance-missy-ink-fills-the-stage-with-her-burlesque-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2024\/11\/27\/pieces-of-performance-missy-ink-fills-the-stage-with-her-burlesque-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pieces of Performance<\/em>: Missy Ink fills the stage with her burlesque energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Missy Ink has been a force to reckon with since stepping onto the burlesque scene in December 2022. As a dancer for 20 years prior to stepping into a different style and persona, she says the nerves are nothing but distant memories.<\/p>\n

Before she performs, she creates the visual in her mind, the energy she projects filling the stage and the whole venue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI close my eyes and imagine myself filling up with purple light,\u201d she says. \u201cI imagine myself becoming fully [Missy] and leaving my real-life self backstage.\u201d<\/p>\n

As well as giving opportunities to others through Ink Splatters Production shows, Missy\u2019s favourite performance so far has been Cut the Tethers<\/i>, which she performed at Vancouver International Burlesque Festival this year. Using her background of contemporary and lyrical dance styles, she wraps herself in 80 feet of beautiful silks to portray a cutting of toxic relationships from her life and to move toward healing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Missy Ink was a dancer for 20 years before stepping into her burlesque persona (photo by Veronica Bonderud Photography).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt was the first time I put something so personal into any of my art\u2026 I\u2019ve been so moved by people\u2019s reaction to it,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Missy\u2014who will be starting one-on-one choreography workshops for burlesque performers in December; see @missy.ink_ on Instagram<\/a> for info\u2014has two goals in mind when performing for audiences. To revel in the queer, butchy goodness, and to offer some catharsis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in a more conservative part of the country and burlesque was my first chance [to] explore my queerness fully,\u201d she explains. \u201cThe intimacy created through burlesque allows me to explore deep and intense emotions and express them in a way you\u2019re not able to in other art forms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Missy says the closing of the Victoria Event Centre, where she held her first burlesque performance with Sapphos Isle, affects the community and the future of burlesque in this city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI saw my first burlesque show there and made both my producer and performer debut there,\u201d she says. \u201cWe didn\u2019t just lose a venue for burlesque; we lost a space that was a cornerstone of the queer community in Victoria.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Losing these event spaces and being pushed from alternative locations, such as food-primary venues, has taken its toll on queer and already marginalized communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt comes across [as] devaluing specific kinds of art,\u201d she says. \u201cBut I have faith in our community that we will rise [and] make a new space for burlesque and for queer art overall.\u201d<\/p>\n

Victoria is known for unique burlesque shows and Missy is bringing her third to The Mint this November. Ink Splatters Production has brought all-sapphic cast shows to the community and is not done making a mess of the town.<\/p>\n

A F*#%ing Mess: A Chaotic Cabaret
\n7 pm Saturday, November 30
\nThe Mint
\nthemintvictoria.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Missy Ink has been a force to reckon with since stepping onto the burlesque scene in December 2022. As a dancer for 20 years prior to stepping into a different style and persona, she says the nerves are nothing but distant memories. Before she performs, she creates the visual in her mind, the energy she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,323],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-columns","category-november-27-2024"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t