As you’re making your way through the festival and taking in all the delightfully saucy sights and sounds, please don’t forget to look not only at the art walls but also above them. We have a fantastic line up on the Aerial stage this year! Now, without further adieu, the Seattle Erotic Art Festival is proud to present our SEAF 2023 Aerial & Bondage Spotlight Performers:
Artemis Prowl, Aerial Pyramid
“Birds of a Feather”
All the way from Phoenix, AZ, Artemis Prowl is a slinky, sultry enchantress on a mission to bring the heat of the valley to Seattle. As a natural performer, she fell in love with dancing at an early age and eventually earned a BA in dance performance. While in school, she was tempted to try aerial and formed a deep romance with the art form. It was no surprise to anyone when she became the co-owner of a dance and aerial studio called Creator’s Space Studios. When she’s not busy being a boss, you can catch her prowling about in her favorite heels on the dance floor or in the sky, leaving audiences begging for more.
IG: @itsartemisprowl
Aurora Violet, Aerial Hammock
“Here Comes the…”
Aurora Violet is a vivacious multidisciplinary exhibitionist specializing in aerial arts, hula hoop, and fire dancing.
We carefully plan for tomorrow, five years from now, and the rest of our lives. Life sometimes has other ideas in mind. Come weather the storm of coping with change and celebrate the hope of sunnier tomorrows with Aurora in her 2023 SEAF spotlight performance.
Joey the Tiger, Dance Trapeze
“A Journey Up”
To watch Joey perform is to be momentarily wrapped in a glittery cloak and shown a glimpse of a secret, stirring world of vibrant beauty. The most human movements of feeling and strength are raw and open in each of Joey’s pieces and tangible in every minute detail of his work. As a stand-alone artist, this performer is a blaze of originality, bringing honesty and vulnerability to the stage, stirring and compelling any audience to touch their depths of courage and love.
IG: @joey_the_tiger, joeythetiger.com
Lolo Ramone, Suspension Bondage
The Expanse
LoLo Ramone (she/her), based in Oakland, is an interdisciplinary performance artist, community builder, and rope bottom of eight-plus years. Experiences with art making, queerness, emotionality, and trauma recovery inform her kink practices. LoLo feels most free when journeying in rope through the guidance of trusted Tops like Mx. Bliss. She is thrilled to bring their collaboration for SEAF!
IG: @lolo.ramone
Lyr-a-deux and Mr.Missy, Aerial performance
“Desire’s Illusionists”
Lyr-a-deux, the tantalizing tempest of limbs and lyra, will be combining storylines with the force of nature and nature-bending that is Mr.Missy. Together, these aerialists will bring mood and acrobatics to the stage, the squall leaving you wet, dizzy, and worried your insurance won’t cover the wreckage your brain, heart, and loins just went through.
IG: @mxss.agatha.angina, @lyradeux, @art_mr.missy
Martika: Motivational sword swallower and self suspender
“Breaking the Cycle of Self Doubt”
Internationally renowned and motivationally captivating, Martika hails from Kansas City, MO. She is a full-time circus and side entertainer with over a decade of traveling and performing under her belt. She is known for performing circus, fire, escapology, and sideshow stunts—all while including informative and uplifting messages in her shows. Martika is also a self-suspension rope artist of six years and an avid kinkster of eight years, using rope as movement meditation and movement therapy.
IG: @themartikashow, themartikashow.com
Meg Austin, Aerial Pole
“Seductive Siren”
Meg is a pole dancer, aerialist, and handbalancer. Her signature slinky performance style embraces the creepy, dark, and demonic melted seamlessly with aerial skill. She competes and performs across the United States and internationally. Her 2023 SEAF performance draws on mythology, as she uses aerial pole to portray a siren luring sailors to their doom.
IG: @meg.aerial
Moonlit Marie, Aerial Silks
“Elven Forestry”
This queer and fluid elf loves communing with the forest, ascending through the trees, touching the energy, stretching into branches, and returning to the roots. Their roots reach down into the depths of PNW, into mossy mountains and the salty spray of the sound. They transform and blossom every spring to share their fae secrets with those who know where to look.
IG: @Moonlitmarie14
MxBliss, Suspension Bondage
The Expanse
In case it’s not apparent, MxBliss (she/they) is an exhibitionist. And she will go to great lengths to make you laugh, cry, or feel that twinge inside your gut that compels you to hug the person next to you. She loves to tell stories with rope and music. She will also wear a costume for any or no reason at all.
IG: @Mx_Bliss
Oroki, Aerial Straps
Bound Without a Heart
Oroki returns to SEAF, bringing an aerial piece reminiscent of self-suspension. In this piece, he’ll incorporate “binded” poses through the use of straps. A primal experience that’ll grasp your heart.
IG: @orokiproductions, orokiproductions.com
Shay & Angel, Suspension Bondage
“Awake”
Shay and Angel are known for fiery chemistry and unique, acrobatic, sometimes ridiculous rope shenanigans. They focus their intense connection into dynamic and provocative rope sequences that meld bondage with circus. Their 2023 SEAF performance, “Awake,” follows the arch of their decade-plus relationship and uses rope as a medium to examine strength, support, and synchronization.
IG: @ShayTiziano, TwistedWindows.com
Slut.Phd & Mx.Scarlett.Panda
Dance of the 7 Veils
Slut.Phd and Mx.Scarlett.Panda enjoy complex bondage stunts with an artistic flare and an athletic punch. Their 2023 SEAF performance takes advantage of their backgrounds in dance and athletics, inspired by the traditional seductive concept of “Dance of the 7 Veils.”
IG: @slut.phd, slutphd.com
Tensegrity & Nimbus, Rope Suspension
Beast & The Beauty
Tensegrity and Nimbus have been shibari partners for three years, bringing a collective love for aerial arts and partner acrobatics to their dynamic stage performances. Their partnership has organically fostered an incredible full-time power exchange dynamic that is palpable on stage. Ten enjoys challenging the norms of rope bondage and performance with self-designed stunts and theatrical elements. Nimbus loves being an object of inspiration and passion both on and off the stage.
IG: @_Tensegrity & @painfullyallured
Liza Myachina, aerial silks
“Removing the Mask”
Liza specializes in aerial silks and dance trapeze. Her biggest strengths as a performer are her musicality and character development. She wants others to be inspired by her performances and emotionally connect with her work. Her characters vary from soft and elegant to morbid and twisted. She strives to better her craft to tell bigger and bolder stories.
IG: @queenyeliza, lizaintheair.com
Vix Nolan, Loop Straps Duo (with Joey the Tiger)
“Cheap Champagne and Stale Cologne”
Vix Nolan is an aerialist and pole dancer from San Francisco, CA. Known for her achingly slow and sensual style of movement, she brings a smoldering intensity that commands the stage. A multi-disciplinary artist with a background in burlesque, she doesn’t shy away from versatile acts that draw audiences in and hold them tight.
IG: @vix.n.aerial