Nico Elsker
{{Short description|Spanish entertainer}}
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Nico Elsker, known artistically as Nicolás Otero, is a Spanish drag king, performer, actor and animator.
Early years
Nico studied textual interpretation at the Higher School of Dramatic Arts of Galicia.{{Cite web |title=Nico Elsker |url=https://simiaespacio.com/profesores/?id=114 |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Simia Espacio}}
Career
He started his career in drag in 2014, working in the theatrical company Marinita y sus Maromas.{{Cite web |title=Nico Elsker |url=https://simiaespacio.com/profesores/?id=114 |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Simia Espacio}} Nico started to act as a drag king during his gender transition as a trans man.
After his experience in the theater, he started to act in local cabaret shows and musicals in Galicia, collaborating with Vigan transformist Cristian de Samil. Although it started in 2014, Nico says that at the time there was no visibility whatsoever about drag king culture in Spain, which is why he initially carried out his activities without local references.{{Cite web |title=El movimiento 'drag king' o cómo destruir la masculinidad tóxica desde la 'performance' |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/entry/drag-king-performance-masculinidad_es_62c2a56ae4b0ffe00a14136f.html?outputType=amp |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=El Huffington Post}}
In 2018 he competed in the contest Noite Drag (night drag), organized by Nós mesmas, a group in Vigo focused on the struggle of lesbian, bisexual and trans women.{{Cite web |title=Cultura Drag King. Mulleres que se travisten de homes para rachar cos estereotipos de xénero |url=https://vinte.praza.gal/artigo/mulleres-que-se-travisten-de-homes-para-rachar-cos-estereotipos-de-xenero |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Vinte |language=Gallego}} A year later, he acted in Pontevedra in the drag show "Marikas x la fiesta".{{Cite web |title=Pontevedra, 'living la vida queer' |url=https://www.diariodepontevedra.es/articulo/pontevedra/pontevedra-living-vida-queer/201908252030561049279.amp.html |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Diario de Pontevedra}}
On 14 July 2022, he acted in the theater DT Espacio Escénico in Madrid as part of the show 'Cabaret Drag King', alongside the artists Chile Güero, Hapi Hapi, Toñito Man Xao, Marcus Massalami and Aytor Menta.{{Cite web |title=Cabaret Drag King, por Nico Elsker, Chile Güero, Hapi Hapi, Toñito Man Xao, Marcus Massalami y Aytor Menta. (XI Ciclo Más bonita que ninguna) |url=https://dtespacioescenico.com/temporada-2021-2022/cabaret-drag-king/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=DT Espacio Escénico}} In August of the same year, he presented the play Contos invertidos in the Gorrilla Theater.{{Cite web |title=O Teatro Gorrilla volve en abril cos ‘Contos invertidos’ de Nico Elsker |url=https://erreguete.gal/2022/04/15/o-teatro-gorrilla-volve-en-abril-cos-contos-invertidos-de-nico-elsker/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Erregueté |language=Gallego}}
Since 2022, Elsker is part of the organization of the Drag King Gala of Vigo, a pioneer in Spain in this area.{{Cite web |title=La Gala Drag King regresa a Vigo: "El drag y la cultura nos permiten ser en libertad" |url=https://www.elespanol.com/treintayseis/articulos/cultura/la-gala-drag-king-regresa-a-vigo-el-drag-y-la-cultura-nos-permiten-ser-en-libertad?amp=1 |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=El Español}}{{Cite web |title=Gala Drag King de Vigo |url=https://www.verkami.com/projects/35700-gala-drag-king-de-vigo |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Verkami}}
Personal life
Elsker is a transgender man.{{Cite web |title=El movimiento 'drag king' o cómo destruir la masculinidad tóxica desde la 'performance' |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/entry/drag-king-performance-masculinidad_es_62c2a56ae4b0ffe00a14136f.html?outputType=amp |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=El Huffington Post}}
References
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Category:Transgender male actors
Category:Spanish transgender men