My name is Drew. I am 28 year old female: artist, dreamer, radical thinker and lover of all things bold, courageous, spirited, and wild...

For the past 2 years I have been training in a contemporary dance form with, most formally, Congolese/french dance pioneer Zab Maboungou. I have also been studying Haitian culture, the musicality and intelligence of African Rhythm/Language, drumming (Conga, and Haitan) and cultural, social, spiritual and political theories and realities of the African experience.

I have been living in the heat and heart of the city (Montréal) in order to pursue this form, - its corresponding ethics - my passion for dance, musicality, cultural resiliency, remembrance, gesture, form and the invisible impulse, relationship to the living world and thusly, my passion for healing...

Before this, I had spent 7 years traveling by train, boat, bus, foot and beyond, through Canada and abroad. I'd taken to the road very young and went wandering for a very long time.

Travel is calling me back home, as is the West Coast! (My very first destination at the tender age of 16!)

This summer, 2015, I want to backpack around the province of BC. I am finishing my 2year training program - both amazed and broken down - and am ready to nourish my spirit by wild lands and waters. It's a good time to put my foot fresh and affirmed onto the next pages of my life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Looking forward to staying with locals for a night or two in and between trips and travels.

I enjoy couch surfing for memories and experiences, making friends and connections and - bien sûr - to save a couple of bucks ! :-)

Interests

People and Places: culture, arts (music, dance and orality particularly) healing, story, and the wild landscape
Resiliency, reclamation and remediation
Land care and People care: 'environmentalism', permaculture, popular culture, indigenous movements worldwide
Africa and her Diaspora
Dance, Body, Music, Drum
Herbalism, local and wild food initiatives and education
Art as Activism and more: Art as center, art as way inward and outward

• arts
• culture
• dancing
• education
• ethics
• dining
• cooking
• partying
• boating
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• surfing
• teaching

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

"'Understand, I am always trying to figure out
what the soul is,
and where hidden,
and what shape..."

- Mary Oliver

Teach, Learn, Share

Musica, musica! Some good cooking! Herbal medicines!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am very versatile and adaptable, and enjoy deep conversation late into the evening, to party and tranquility. Happy to bend to the needs and paces of your home.
Also happy to lend a hand and/or heart as needed during my stay!! I'm very tidy and mindful!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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