Avid dancer and jazz/bossa nova music lover. I'm a scientist by training and a business consultant quitting my job now to embark on a journey of my life.

Curious mind, I'm after new discoveries that would broaden my world view. Among the latest ones so far are
- Psychology
- Classic American literature
My other passions include
- Theater (musical theater, immersive theater)
- Motorcycle riding
- Hang gliding and light aviation
- Sciences and high tech
- Restoring my musical instrument playing skills (guitar, piano, violin) and finding and getting into a music scene
- Adding new partner dances (Zouk, Kiz, Tango, etc.) to my current repertoire (WCS, Blues, Lindy Hop, Salsa, Bachata)
- Meeting new people and traveling to learn various cultures and lifestyles
- Classic movies (e.g., many of Hitchcock's)

I'm very polite and respectful and looking forward to living a couch-surfing period of my life.

I'm looking forward to meeting you all and hearing your life stories and things you have to share.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have been studying and then working very hard since my early childhood. Now, I'm finally taking a leap of faith and quitting my current job. My intention is to gain time for self-development, searching for a purpose I lost along the way, finding my people and adventures.

I learned about Couchsurfing in 2018, but never got a chance to try it. For me, just like for many in the community, it is a way to meet a diverse variety of people to make friends, learn, grow, and experience life together at its fullest. I used to travel a lot for work and always stay at hotels, and I met very few people to connect with. Now that I travel for myself, I want it to be different.

Interests

• theater
• dancing
• motorcycles
• aviation
• music
• jazz
• blues
• hang gliding
• psychology
• old movies
• rock'n'roll
• bossa nova
• immersive theather

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
- Bossa Nova (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Stan Getz, Vinicius de Maraes, Elis Regina, Sergio Mendes; Stacey Kent, Eliane Elias, etc.)
- Smooth jazz (Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Etta James, Nina Simone, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner, etc.)
- Rock'n'Roll (Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, etc.)
- Alternative Rock (Green Day, Franz Ferdinand, The Rasmus, Evanescence, etc.)
- Russian Rock (Mashina Vremeni, DDT, Nautilus, Aria, etc.) and select pop (Uma2rman, Leonid Agutin, Zveri, Glukoza)

Books:
- Thinking Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
- When Nietzshe Wept (Irvin Yalom)
- Family Happiness (Leo Tolstoy)
- Harry Potter series
- Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
- Books in Russian with no English versions
- The list is to be continued

Movies:
- Vertigo
- Rebecca
- The Benny Goodman Story
- Orchestra Wives
- The Glenn Miller Story
- Whiplash
- Soul
- Titanic
- Once Upon a Time in America
- The Shining
- Beautiful Mind
- Hitch
- James Bond franchise
- Johnny English movies
- Bicentennial Man
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- Idiocracy
- Anger Management
- Joker
- And many, many more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Played a violin concert in a ~2000-seat hall

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to learn about your way of life - purpose, fun, adventures, making living, philosophy - everything you're willing to share; your culture and languages; your location knowledge and picks

What I Can Share with Hosts

From my side, I will be excited to:
- Teach you to dance a variety of dances and talk about them
- Sing Russian-Rock songs (especially if you have a guitar for me to play)
- Cook or buy a few iconic Soviet-era dishes - dearly loved to this day by all who tried them
- Share my personal stories that brought me around the world and through my degree to where I am now
- As a scientist, offer my perspective on your potential questions or share some amazing things about my specializations (quantum physics, chaos theory, quantum chaos, quantum computing)
- Talk about music (jazz, bossa nova) and share playlists
- Talk about motorcycles / help you get into riding if you're interested
- Talk about flying
- Share some of my (Russian) culture

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States