I am a Brazilian dance artist, somatic movement educator, student of the pelvis, mother of two, immigrant, and researcher of body ecologies.

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I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, where I trained as a contemporary dancer at Escola de Dança Angel Vianna and earned a degree in Dance Education from Universidade da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro. My formation is deeply rooted in somatic education — and also shaped by the carnivals of life — through practices that continue to guide my studies and approach to this day.

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Over the years, I have worked as a performer and dance teacher with diverse communities across different social contexts. In Maré, the largest complex of favelas in Rio, I created and developed movement and body awareness workshops for youth, founding the group RuaC do Passinho. This work led to the creation of AMARÉFUNK, together with Geisa Lino — a festival celebrating the power of funk carioca within the community itself, bringing together talks, workshops, and performances.

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Alongside dance, I have explored fields such as music, cultural production, and anthropology, including a Master’s program I began at ISCTE-IUL (Lisbon), focused on peripheral and decolonial artistic practices. These experiences expanded my listening and deepened my understanding of the body in relation to the world.

Since 2015, I have been collaborating with AND_Lab — a research center dedicated to art-thinking and politics of coexistence — where I encounter political-affective tools that support and expand my practice.

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Since 2018, I have been researching the pelvis as a territory of crossing between strength and vulnerability, expansion and support, action and listening. I work through the materiality of the body — bones, flesh, fluids, weight, ground — cultivating relationships with gravity and support as fields of memory, orientation, and grounding. My practice seeks to open space for movement in its multiple dimensions: mechanical, emotional, energetic, and symbolic, creating pathways to sustain processes of expansion with presence, pleasure, and joy in the body.

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My research is nourished by diverse references, including Body-Mind Centering, Authentic Movement, Klauss Vianna Technique, Klein Technique, Laban/Bartenieff, Rolfing, TRE (Trauma Release Exercises), bioenergetics, and somatherapy. I am currently attending the training “Birth in Motion: Somatic Practices for Pregnancy” with Anne Sobotta.