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Overview

  • 25 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Dutch, French, Hebrew (modern), Italian
  • 55, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Photographer/Dancer/Musician/Clown
  • BFA, MFA, life
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Dance, clown, and play music all over the world

ABOUT ME

Good sense of humor, fun to dance with, multi-talented renaissance man, friendly and the quintessential organized Virgo.

PHILOSOPHY

"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing."
- Anonymous quote

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf, I host when I have a home, and go occasionally to CS meetings

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had many great experiences hosting and surfing

Interests

I've traveled the world teaching Contact Improvisation Dance. Lived in Mexico City for over a year. Now I've settled in Montague. MA teach dance locally and run a photography business (The Renaissance Pet)

  • pets
  • photography
  • dancing
  • running
  • music
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • business
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
recently enjoyed the Curious Case of Benjamin Button,
also love: Brazil, anything by Jim Jarmusch, Dancer in the Dark, After Hours, City of God, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Anything by Peter Greenaway, oh I never remember titles of all the movies I love...

Music:
I love listening to music from all over the world. I am a musician myself and am inspired by all sorts of stuff including just listening to the sound of people, traffic, machines and animals. Here are some specific musicians I dig:
Bobby McFerrin, Dead Can Dance, Moby, Bjork, Kate Bush, Talking Heads, Medeski Martin & Wood, Keith Jarrett, Zap Mama, André Minvielle, Sheila Chandra, Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson, Seal, Antony and the Johnsons, Beck, Bob Dylan, Nitan Sawney, Joni Mitchell, Joanna Newsome, Juana Molina, etc....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Running for miles in the full moonlight with our eyes closed on the beach in North Carolina...
- Giving dance classes to Mayan youth in Guatemala...
- Hiking the Kalalau Trail in Kawaii Hawaii...

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, Mexico, Netherlands, United States

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