Professional

• Afro Brazilian Rhythms - Winddrums | 2014-2023 

• Afro Brazilian Rhythms - São Sebastião Curimba School | 2016-2021 

• Theater for children and youth: Favela da Paz, and settlements in Brazil | 2014 

• Theater for Indigenous Communities in the Amazon |2013

• Taught acting classes for theater and video for children and teenagers at CPA-Center for Presentation Preparation | 2010-2011 

• Taught acting classes for theater and video for children and teenagers at CCA Jd. Fontalis | 2011

I started my acting career at 16, a journey of growth and discovery ever since. I worked with different scenic languages, from traditional Shakespeare to the concept of Brecht’s Epic Theater, also including classical clowning, clown, comic theater, improvisational theater games, classic children’s theater, and the so-called school projects, through which we bring theater into schools educationally and playfully. 

Just as we research artistic languages such as Agitprop for interventions in public events aimed at the safety of protesters and our freedom of expression, my work with Grupo Teatral Parlendas is fundamental in my journey, enriching my artistic research, activism, and cultural exchange. 

We produce political and social theater for diverse audiences, using art as a tool for activism. With the support of federal and state awards, we present shows and concerts in different communities, from squares and favelas to indigenous villages and quilombos.

This work also led me to teach and learn theater in its genuine form, the expression that lives “outside the box”, outside the “fourth wall,” and its relationship with nature induced me to share my passion and knowledge with communities and foster a love of the arts.

As an Afro-Brazilian percussionist, my musical skills are deeply rooted in Brazil’s rich cultural heritage. My main instrument is the Atabaque, a traditional drum in Afro-Brazilian religious ceremonies. I also research other types of hand drums, such as pandeiro and cuíca, congas, djembe, and tambourine, in addition to agogô, caxixi, berimbau, and xequerê. 

As a street artist, I was immersed in popular culture through rhythms such as boi, jongo, and côco and learned from masters with a lot of popular wisdom. These rhythms create communities and truly build them; the daily work takes place through these rhythms. Party and work go together. They also express, in addition to toil, their pain and their love, their struggle and resistance, but also their resilience. 

My presentations are not just about entertainment but about education, bridging cultural gaps, and helping others understand Brazil’s deep spiritual traditions.

As an Umbanda practitioner and researcher raised within this Afro-Brazilian tradition, I have spent the last 20 years studying its spirituality through drumming and dancing to achieve altered states of consciousness, develop mediumship, and establish spiritual communication with deceased ancestors. 

My work as a percussionist and my research into medicinal plants such as ayahuasca has deepened my understanding of the connection between music, spirituality, and the possibility of achieving physical and emotional healing with this knowledge from the original peoples of Brazil and Africa who, in the diasporic process, left us this as a legacy. This journey has shaped me as an artist and person, teaching me the transformative power of music and dance.

My musical and spiritual research connected me with communities in the Amazon and visitors from all over the world who came to learn about these traditions. For 12 years, we have been promoting exchanges between foreigners, indigenous people, and seekers through retreats offered in Brazil, which has allowed me to extend these experiences to other countries, sharing knowledge and studying archetypes through dance and music in various retreats that explore visions of shamanism. 

And music and culture in exchange, I also learn about each location we visit. This movement also unites us to create charitable parties in favor of underprivileged communities and aid chains for indigenous Amazonian communities.