{"id":26438,"date":"2025-02-05T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/?p=26438"},"modified":"2025-01-31T11:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:20:51","slug":"pieces-of-performance-the-self-discovery-of-serra-moanie-and-lincoln-sparks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2025\/02\/05\/pieces-of-performance-the-self-discovery-of-serra-moanie-and-lincoln-sparks\/","title":{"rendered":"Pieces of Performance<\/em>: The self-discovery of Serra Moanie and Lincoln Sparks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Performing for decades and landing in the Victoria scene in 2023, Serra Moanie is no stranger to burlesque and performance arts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been a lifelong theatre brat starting at age five,\u201d says Moanie, \u201call through high school and even pursued it post-secondary for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

While many local legends have curated their own ways of performing, some also give back and teach others to celebrate their bodies and spirits and to live in harmony and joy within performance. Mx. Moanie learned the sultry art of tease from local powerhouse performer Rosie Bitts.<\/p>\n

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Local burlesque performer Serra Moanie also performs as Lincoln Sparks (photo by Bill Pope).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAfter leaving a particularly chaotic relationship, moving to Victoria I chose to take Rosie Bitts\u2019 burlesque course. I fell in love with burlesque, [reclaiming] my body, self-love, and [I] fell in love with the stage again.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of Moanie\u2019s favourite moments during their career has been performing a burlesque interpretation of McKenna\u2019s Theory of Evolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cI perform in a monkey mask and evolve from a full monkey to a business person during a psychedelic trip,\u201d says Moanie. (Which could lead to the question: what came first, the chicken or the monkey?)<\/p>\n

While stepping back into the stage light, the personal journey continued. Another star was born. Lincoln Sparks came to life as an upbeat, masculine embodiment. Shimmying his way into the drag scene, Sparks is self-described as a devilish dirtbag that only the angsty \u201890s kids would understand. Moanie\/Sparks wants to bring a \u201cvery powerful and ceremonial\u201d purpose to the burlesque\/draglesque numbers and give space to breathe, start to finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want my audience to feel a whole range of emotions and connect with the acts as a journey often on themes that are deep,\u201d they say. \u201cMedicine bundles, if you will.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a genderfluid two-spirit person, performance on both spectrum ends has given them space to grow and understand themselves fully.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose parts are very much integrated into my daily life,\u201d they say. \u201cIt has allowed me to express the full 2S spectrum and find more masculine styles that I love and have adopted into my daily wear.\u201d<\/p>\n

While balancing all things in a community, there stems a deep love of being present, giving back, and supporting a home life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the community very much; as a solo parent, my times for coming out and being involved is limited,\u201d they say, \u201cbut it\u2019s very cup filling when I can come out either to perform or take in a show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking to the future, there are some hopes and changes that Mx. Moanie hopes to see through Victoria and the performance venues as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I\u2019d like to see] a fully accessible performance venue for both the drag and burlesque community to thrive… [and] furthering of accessibility at shows and showcasing folx from marginalized communities.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2015, the City of Victoria established the Accessibility Working Group, but has been slow to get the approval of funding needed to carry out plans. If successful, this could provide a whole range of opportunities to increase revenue for venues. Accessibility ensures that everyone can partake in viewing the massive art and performance scene, and have it also be attainable for performers themselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something we have been pushing forward as a community,\u201d says Moanie, \u201cit\u2019s my intention to continue to educate myself on what that looks like and how I can co-create safer spaces for my intersectional community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Find @serramoanie<\/a>, @lincolnspark.drag<\/a>, and @imaginal.cabaret<\/a> on Instagram for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Performing for decades and landing in the Victoria scene in 2023, Serra Moanie is no stranger to burlesque and performance arts. \u201cI have been a lifelong theatre brat starting at age five,\u201d says Moanie, \u201call through high school and even pursued it post-secondary for a while.\u201d While many local legends have curated their own ways […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26439,"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":[4,5,326],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-columns","category-february-5-2025"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26440,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26438\/revisions\/26440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}