I’m a midwesterner born and bred. Graduate student studying counseling and expressive therapies. Highly interested in things without answers. I’m also a visual artist, performance artist, fire performer and sideshow performer. I’ve run a circus sideshow troupe for almost 10 years now and it’s been the biggest pleasure of my life so far. I’m pretty introverted but like to socialize in environments that feel fun and weird. Don’t drink much but will socially.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To find friends and places during my grad school residency and as a resource for when traveling and performing

Interests

• painting
• jazz
• art history
• philosophy
• circus
• theatre
• language
• metaphysics
• museums
• foodie
• burlesque
• bellydance
• art museums
• butoh
• bookshops
• swing dance
• culture sharing
• sideshow
• vaudeville

Music, Movies, and Books

Music Faves:
The Cure, The Cramps, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, David Bowie, Alice in Chains, Butch Walker, The Tiger Lillies, Frankie Valllie, Eminem

Movie Faves: The Crow, Magnolia, Edward Scissorhands, Joker, Vanilla Sky, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Suspiria, UHF, Santa Sangre

Book Faves: Where the Bird Sings Best, Circus of the Scars, Step Right Up, Geek Love, Brave New World, The Martian Chronicles, The Vampire Lestat

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Learned from and performed with the international Butoh artist Tadashi Endo

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you dancing, about art, about trauma and different types of therapy
I love learning about other art forms and pretty much anything beyond my scope pf knowledge y
I love sharing good food, stimulating conversation, stories, laughs, and a dance

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook for you, draw your portrait, entertain with my weird sideshow skills, take you out, whatever!

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States