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Overview

  • 17 references 14 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish; learning German, Spanish, Swedish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Teacher, drag and boylesque artist, club producer
  • MA in Art Education, studying Drama Education.
  • From Lahti, Finland
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Exploring the universe.

ABOUT ME

Day time teacher.

One of the running forces of ug drag scene in Helsinki as producer, performer and mother of everything. Queer burlesque performer.

I live together with my boyfriend, who was born in Istanbul but lived most of his life in London. Our home language is English.

PHILOSOPHY

Be open. This world cannot be saved by green energy or growing back rain forests, if it's not saved by gaining some more trust and love among people living in it first.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting when ever we can manage.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was brought to the community by a guy I met outside CS, and fell in love with the concept. I (and later we) have hosted a lot of times and wish to be able to surf more, I have just done that couple of times.

Interests

Fine Arts, Movies, Music, Queer, Environment, People, Debate, Challenges, Love, Peace, Dancing, Silence...

  • arts
  • humanities
  • performing arts
  • dancing
  • environment
  • movies
  • music
  • teaching
  • queer
  • burlesque
  • drag queens

Music, Movies, and Books

Love movies, will enjoy almost anything except really bad comedies. To name few that had a special effect: Shortbus, La Mala Educación, Bubble, Hedwig and the angry inch...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Nights with freshly made friends and sangria in the closed park under the red full moon on Mont Jüic, Barcelona during the extreme heat wave of July 2007. Having been able to perform in amazing historical locations through my drag and burlesque career.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach - and want to learn - about Fine Arts and burlesque/drag.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland

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