Francesca
Pinoni
was born
in San Francisco, California, U.S.A. After completing a BA in Theatre
Arts she lived in London for four years then moved to Cyprus where
she owned Splash! Ltd, a retail/import business until 1997 and was
active in English-language Theater, frequently designing costumes
for the annual charity productions of Shakespeare at Curium and
serving as a member of the organizing board. She was a co-founder
Ambix Theater (currently "sleeping”), dedicated to staging
“modern classics” and, a long time ago, was an founding
member of the first modern dance group in Cyprus.
She is
the learning web design as she goes along – as Webmaster (webmistress!!)
of DrIgor.org
and CyprusSpirit.com,
a website set up as a directory of complementary therapists, self-development,
health shops, etc. She and Anette
Marinsen are the co-ordinators of the bi-annual Cyprus
Mind, Body & Spirit Exhibition.
Francesca practices yoga
and Tai Chi and has a diploma in Magnetotherapy, ia s Reiki (Master/Karuna)
and also works with energy medicine (QXCI). She currently does free-lance
writing (articles, ad copy, plays, poems, books – just ask)
and studies Greek (and will eventually master it!!), painting and
Belly Dancing.
Interview
- The Mind Body & Spirit Exhibition
Publications:
Your
Health, It's a Question of Balance, (with Dr. Igor Cetojevic)
Llewellyn 2000 (ISBN 1-56718-121-X
Traditional
Life: Language -Stories -Thoughts (With
Nikólaos G. Tsavos) Boekenplan 2003 (ISBN
90.71794.34.2; NUR 632)
Article “Fractals Anyone?” published in “Kids
Today” (June 2000) a nationally circulated magazine in the
States.
Cyprus co-editor of The Chalice, a New Age magazine based in Wales,
which included a “What’s On” and “Marketplace”
section for Cyprus
Pieces for Cyprus Hilton magazine (i.e., New Age Music, Rembetika,
Old Nicosia, and Jewelry Old and New.)
Plays:
1999 and 2001 Two one-act plays, “Quick Draw” and “A
Safe Place”, that were performed in Drama competitions at
Dominican University in San Rafael, California (USA). Both received
the award for third place.
Francesca is happily
married to Dr. Igor Cetojevic, MD, Acupuncturist (working with the
QXCI) and has one son, Alex (our computer
genius), from a previous marriage.
F & Dr. Igor in Mexico
January 2003
