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About Me

I spent the first 17 years of my life preparing for my escape. I was trapped in a box, but never lived there. I studied vocal performance at Indiana University, Theatre and German at Butler University, and Applied Theatre Science in Germany. I've performed in Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Washington, D.C., Ireland, London, Germany, Italy, and various other locales. I love travel, adventure, random points of tangency between order and chaos, and lurking in places of public transport.I had an unfortunate incident in 2nd grade, and ever since then, I constantly think my skirt is riding up in the back.I do not have an arrest record, although I do not recommend hanging out with 11 Germans, 1 performance artist from Amsterdam, and filming without permission in a home improvement store semi-naked.I enjoy being painted turquoise and climbing trees in men's underwear.It is difficult for me to tolerate mouth noises - loud chewing especially.I have an intense desire to camp out in Ghost Towns along the Historic Route 66.

My Interests

Travel, experiments in the kitchen, digging in the Earth, driving fast, music, hiking, camping, dancing, dancing, dancing, film, language, writing, philosophy, experimental performance, directing. People. Trains.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with a good story.

Music:

So much. From Philip Glass to Franz Ferdinand. Rita Mitsuoko, Yann Tiersen, Natalia Zukerman, Jane Birkin, Cowboy Junkies, U2,Regina Spektor, Cecilia Bartoli, Feist, Frou Frou, Elliot Smith, Jeff Buckley, Massenet, Gustavo Santaolalla, The Shins, Nick Drake, Radiohead, Arvo Part.

Movies:

Amelie, La Double Vie de Veronique, The English Patient, Blade Runner, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Requiem for a Dream, Lola Rennt, Nouvelle Vague, Dreams, Grey Gardens, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Graduate, Lost in Translation, Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill, Nowhere in Africa, The Professional, Three Colors Trilogy, Virgin Suicides, A Very Long Engagement, Kill Bill, Bonnie and Clyde, The Big Sleep.

Television:

Weeds. BBC.

Books:

"The New York Trilogy" (Auster), "Martin Dressler" (Millhauser), "The Orientalist" (Reiss), "White Noise", (DeLillo), "mourning sex" (Phelan), "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City" (Flynn), "The English Patient" (Ondaatje), "Villa Incognito" (Robbins), "The Fountainhead" (Rand), "Slaughterhouse V" (Vonnegut), Pablo Neruda, Paul Celan, Carl Sandburg, Rainer Maria Rilke.

Heroes:

My Brother. Michael Ondaatje, Heiner Mueller, Marina Abramovic, John Green, both sides of my family, Big and Little Edie Beale.

My Blog

Svetlana of the Fountain

Svetlana is back in style. Dancing in fountains at the LA Opera.It's difficult to resist the impetus to move and make mischief. In the middle of a four-hour Wagner opera, it is not wise to...
Posted by svetlanathreat on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:36:00 PST

Road Trip - The Final Frontier

Today was the final push to reach LA. I awoke to a GRAND view and had a little morning hike. Fully invigorated, I pointed my car in the direction of W...
Posted by svetlanathreat on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:05:00 PST

Road Trip Part 2

Today's leg of the trip brought me only 450 miles, but after the 900 miles of hardcore pedal-to-the-metal yesterday, this afforded me many opportunities to drive along the Historic Route 66 and stop i...
Posted by svetlanathreat on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:16:00 PST

Road Trip Part 1

Yesterday I began my cross-country road trip from Chicago to Los Angeles. Though I left much later than I intended, I socked away 500 miles under my belt before I retired for the evening at the ...
Posted by svetlanathreat on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:19:00 PST

The Circle is Not Round

The circle is not roundThe circle does not appear as it appearsThe circle is not how it appearsThe circle is not how we perceive itThe circle is not what we believeThe circle is not...:namespace prefi...
Posted by svetlanathreat on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:45:00 PST

Road Trip: Route 66

As my mantra for 2007 is "10% More Awesome", I am embarking on a solo road trip from Chicago to LA on the historic Route 66 on February 5th. What could be more awesome than travel? ...
Posted by svetlanathreat on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:41:00 PST

Another Elsewhere Production Dream

A quasi-production dream fell into the interstitial spaces of my deep sleep. It was, of course, cast and crew from "Elsewhere". We were filming on location at my cousin's house on the nort...
Posted by svetlanathreat on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:49:00 PST

News of the Weird - Shrimp

The following information is completely true - just check out www.livescience.com for the full story. I think this may be an indicator of the decline of our society. It may or may not be f...
Posted by svetlanathreat on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:23:00 PST