CURRENT MISSION

taking dance workshops throught Japan

ABOUT ME

I'm nice. I'm shy. I'm an artist. I have strong opinions about everything, and authenticity of friendship and interpersonal communication matters alot to me. I love playing my personality off other people, watching the reflections of conversation. I'm big into books.

The most important thing about me is that I DO stuff. I don't sit back and let the world guide me, I use a ton of effort of actually make stuff (like my dance shows) happen. Not that I don't relax often, but I don't live my life waiting for things to come to me. I create them.

Oh, and I'm Brazilian/American. And somewhat bisexual.

PHILOSOPHY

Art is everything to me. And my art is dance. If I stopped dancing, I'd stop living.

We all grow as we get more life experience. I love the way personalities interact, and although I take a while to open up, I'm all about that kind of communication.

Yea, I'm an idealist/pragmatist

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I have a couch, please stay on it. I understand how we all share this world and being friendly about couches is a positive way I can help us all live in harmony.

after all, 「困った時はお互い様」

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So many couches in SF, NY, Chicago, DC, Kyoto, Rio de Janeiro, Joao Pessoa, all over.
I'm grateful for my friends who've helped me, and I hope one day I can repay in some way, even if by helping other people.

Interests

Dance, Theatre, Music, cooking, Books, Japan, Noh, Kabuki, Kyogen, Butoh, traveling, 16mm film, Art, fashion, Brazil, Queer Studies, Feminism, Science-Fiction, Shinto, Crocodiles

• arts
• books
• design
• fashion
• dancing
• womens rights
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• science
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Among my favourite authors:
Kita Morio, Natsume Soseki, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Dazai Osamu, Shiga Naoya, Murakami Haruki, Murakami Ryu, Doris Lessing, Alastair Reynolds, Kim Stanley Robinson, Salman Rushdie, Stanislaw Lem, Oe Kenzaburo, China Mieville, Armistaid Maupin, Abe Kobo, Sam Beckett, Mishima Yukio, Yoshimoto Banana, Jorge Amado, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, Hermann Hesse (the Glass Bead Game), Terry Pratchett, John Barnes (Orbital Resonance), Michelle Tea, Tereska Torres, Doris Lessing, Arundati Roy, Frederick Tuten, Jennifer Boylan, Sarah Caudwell, Jasper Fforde, Mark Helprin, Samuel Delany, Alan Hollinghurst, Amy Baumgardener, Kurahashi Yumiko, Kawabata Yasunari.

Music: Some ten billion artists, from my deep interest in Classical music to far more indie stuff like Momus, Marxy, and CSS.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I swam two miles to an island off O'ahu and climbed to the summitt. The view was amazing!

Teach, Learn, Share

I am good at teaching Butoh dance.
I speak Japanese. I speak Portuguese.
I'm great at cooking.
I know lighting design, gallery exhibition design, and am pretty good with computers and hardware (esp: basic electrical work).

Countries I’ve Visited

Japan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, United States