1966 : at the age of nine member of the National Theatre of São Luís (Brazil)
1976-80: trained as actress and mime at the University of Theater in Rio de Janeiro and at the National Mime Theater in Boston, U.S.A
Since 1980: numerous works as actress and mime for theatre, television and cinema in Brazil. First national tour of her solo-theatre show "Pierrot Nordestino"
1983-86: studies with Marcel Marceau in Paris (supported by a CAPES scholarship of the Brazilian government), after her graduation teaching as Marceau's assistent, invited to perform at festivals in France and Germany
1986: "Silent Language" (first show with a company) at the Villa-Lobos Theater, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Since 1987: teaching at theatres and dance centres in Brazil and in the USA,
numerous works for Globo TV in Brazil, partly in collaboration with Hans Donner
nominee for the "Clio Award" (international TV award)
1987/88: European tour as guest actress of Anne Sicco's »Théâtre de la Sphère«
1988/89: touring her new solo show »Body Images«, working for TV, teaching in Europe, mainly Germany (until today)
1990: first show (premiere) of the solo-dance »Victoria Regia« in Cologne, Germany; touring and producing a TV version of »Victoria Regia«
1991 : video of "Victoria Regia" broadcasted on German TV, invited to Video festivals in Hungary, Italy, Germany, Austria, France, Holland; touring Germany, Austria, France (Festival d'Avignon)
1992: touring, e.g. Festival "Europadanzaoggi" in Genova (Italy) and Festival "Ruhrfestspiele" in Recklinghausen (Germany); first shown (premiere) "Voodoo do Plastik" in Cologne; touring "Voodoo do Plastik" in Germany (Balance Festival in Marburg and others)
1993: touring, e.g. festivals in Germany and Austria; first show (premiere) of "Fugitus" in Cologne, a Solo dance on J.S. Bach‘s "Art of the Fugue"
1994 : touring and workshops in Austria and Germany; TV show "Lerchenbergklinik" with material from "Body Images" for 3sat TV (broadcasted in Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
1995: Dortmund, Reinoldikirche: first show of "Fugitus" in a church with live church organ; touring of "Fugitus" in Brazil; performing "Victoria Regia", e.g. at the International Mayfestival in Wiesbaden and the Festival d'Avignon
1996 : Choreography for General Motors at the International Motorshow in Geneva; touring "Fugitus", "Victoria Regia" and "Body Images" on international Festivals in Germany; premiere of "Missa Saltata", choreographing a company project on the topic of an original Christian liturgy, Martin-Luther Church, in Cologne
1997: on April 5th first show (premiere) of "Capivara", a choreographic journey to the prehistorical paintings on the rocks of the Serra da Capivara; touring "Capivara" in Brazil, "Fugitus" and "Capivara" in Europe; in November "Retrospective 15 years of Solo Dancer" with four solo shows in Cologne
1998 : touring "Victoria Regia", "Capivara" and "Fugitus" (e.g. at the festival "Euroscene" in Leipzig)
1999 : touring "Victoria Regia", "Capivara" and "Fugitus" in Germany, Austria and Brazil; premiere of »Aruañazug«, a choreography for a company of 8 dancers, co-produced and presented at the Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf
2000 : touring "Aruañazug" (e.g. as the opening show of the international exhibition and festival "Continental Shift" at Ludwig-Forum for International Art in Aachen, Germany); touring "Fugitus" (e.g. in Arnstadt and Düsseldorf); touring "Capivara" e.g. in Germany, Poland, and performing it in the Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí, and in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); starting a new dance project for children as a social impulse in Serra da Capivara, Piauí (Brazil)
2001: premiere of "Flamme des Augenblicks" (after motives of Paul Valéry) in Cologne and Wuppertal (Germany), in co-production with the Choreographic Center, Essen; performing "Capivara", "Victoria Regia" and "Body Images" a.o. (e.g. in Germany, Poland and Brazil); choreographic project for the celebration of the 40th anniversary of ADVENIAT at the Festakademie in Berlin
2002: founder, artistic director and dance teacher of Pro-Arte FUMDHAM (in collaboration with Fundação Museu do Homem Americano-FUMDHAM) at the Serra da Capivara National Park in Piauí, Brazil; Pro-Arte FUMDHAM awarded as project for social development through arts & education with "Cidadão 21" by the Ayrton Senna Institute; touring "Victoria Regia" to Rio de Janeiro-RJ and Teresina-PI (Brazil); premiere of a new version of "ARUANÃZUG" for the Cia ALAYA Dança, Teatro Nacional, Brasília-DF (Brazil); artistic director and coordinator of the stand "Brazilian Dance in Diversity" and the Brazilian showcase at the "Global Dance" International Dance Fair, Düsseldorf (Germany)
2003: producer, artistic director and general coordinator of the First Festival INTERARTES Serra da Capivra, Piauí (Brazil); invited to the conference "Arqueologia da Expressão" (dance and dramaturgy), performing "Flamme des Augenblicks" at the Festival CONDANÇA, Porto Alegre (Brazil); nominated for the most important Brazilian cultural award "Prêmio Multicultural Estadão 2003", São Paulo
2004: producer, artistical director and general coordinator of the II Festival INTERARTES Serra da Capivara, Piauí (Brazil); first show (premiere) of "Pacto Renovado" with the children of Pro-Arte FUMDHAM at the II Festival INTERARTES
awarded by Caravana FUNARTE Intra-RegionalL for a tour of Brazil with "CAPIVARA", workshops
2005 : performing the solo repertoire, giving workshop and conference during a professional exchange at Espaco QUASAR, Goiânia (Brazil); touring "VICTORIA REGIA" Dance Festival of Recife, Recife (Brazil); studies: workshops of "Gurdjieff Movements" with Wim van Dullemen, Cologne, Berlin and Amsterdam.
2006/2007: Workshop and Conference at the LUME Theatre, UNICAMP,
Campinas-SP and the Theatre João Paulo II in Teresina-PI (Brazil); invited (worshops) to the Boom Festival, in Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal; teacher/choreographer in new dance-education projects adressed to children and youngs (e.g. ‘DANCE MEETS IDENTITY’ , in the frame of German 'Culture and Schools' program, in Düsseldorf, Landesbüro Dance in Schools project '180 Grad Drehung' and with the KölnMusik GmbH Vivaldi „The 4 Seasons“, premiere in the Philharmonie of Cologne); working new Solodance VIAJANTE DA LUZ , inspired in sources of the Maya's Culture; extention of ‚Dance Meets Identiy’ to others Schools, in collaboration with Tanzhaus, in Düsseldorf