i spent my time dancing and moving in all which ways, teaching somatic movement, making art, writing and research projects about sensorial experience during social interaction, meditating, performing, yammering with friends over coffee, working in "sexological bodywork" (https://www.sexologicalbodywork.com/doku.php)
(if you are inclined, there is some here: erinchristinebell.com)

i grew up in california, lived in new orleans for 4 years and then brooklyn for 5 years. i moved to vermont to work with a theater company - living in the rural countryside for 2 years. in the past few years i have been studying, teaching primarily in europe with some back and forth to nyc and new orleans.
at the moment i am planning to relocate to berlin - looking to be in town in early may. then returning to move to berlin in july.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i've always lived in big houses that have had a steady stream of visitors - friends, friends-of-friends. i have almost always live with hard-working artists/musicians so i am accustomed to an international flow of visiting and visited. also, i've been on tour and traveled a lot.
(like many, i have also started using 'bewelcome.')

Interests

• arts
• writing
• theater
• performing arts
• dancing
• tango
• ethics
• dining
• wine
• coffee
• yoga
• meditation
• clubbing
• movies
• music
• hiking
• science
• nature
• contact improvisation
• alternative medicine
• community

Music, Movies, and Books

Deleuze and Guittari. Pema Chodron. James Baldwin. Flannery O'Connor. Michael Ondaatje. Kafka. There Will Be Blood. Garcia Marquez. Old Tango - like Gardel + Angelis, Romany brass bands, New Orleans brass bands, New Orleans trad jazz, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Rembitika, Old Calypso like Wilmouth Houdini, Klezmer - usually from the US and Eastern Europe, Coen Brothers, Cate Blanchett, Immortal Beloved, Semiotexte, Missy Elliot, Prince, Glenn Gould, Barfi!, Alton Ellis, Romanian Romany music, Appalachian ballads, Hank Williams, Solomon Burke - and most 1960's soul music, Isabella Rosalini's entire Green Porno series, Chaplin, the one Drunk History episode about Harriet Tubman, Delicatessen, Peter Sellers, Norteno, Bach...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am quite interesting and also an excellent listener. Plus, I will feed you wine or coffee something nice like this.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States