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Research in Dance

The Body as a Home

Klein Technique™

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Choreographic Haikus

I am a choreographer, educator, and movement researcher. My practice articulates contemporary dance, somatic education, and artistic investigation by exploring the body as a space for experimentation, creation, and knowledge production.

I develop projects that integrate sensory bodily experience, critical thinking, and artistic practices.
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I am a choreographer, educator, and movement researcher. My practice articulates contemporary dance, somatic education, and artistic investigation by exploring the body as a space for experimentation, creation, and knowledge production.

I develop projects that integrate sensory bodily experience, critical thinking, and artistic practices.
History of Dance
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An introductory course to the History of Stage Dance in the West.
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Choreographic Haikus
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Creation of choreographic haikus that combine dance and poetry, emphasizing presence and sensory experience.
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Klein Technique™
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Stretch and Placement focused on alignment, postural support, and body reorganization starting from the skeletal structure.
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Classes in the Cloud
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One-hour bodywork sessions integrating Pilates, dance, and somatic techniques for awareness and well-being.
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The Body as a Home
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A meeting that integrates practice and critical reflection based on the Klein Technique™ and original research.
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From Body to Body
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These classes are for those who want to explore the body in action and discover the pleasure of movement.
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I work as a choreographer, dancer, and researcher, developing dramaturgical collaborations in contemporary dance, articulating artistic creation and somatic practices. My research investigates the body as a field of experimentation, creation, and knowledge.
Fluzz
2018
FLUZZ is a dance performance by Cia Dancurbana (Campo Grande, MS) in which the body is the focal point...
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Corrupted Words
2017
A writer disillusioned with words leads a group of spectators on a journey...
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Trip
2017
Three poet friends meet and together embark on a literary journey to discover Manoel de Barros...
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Choreographic Haikus
2015
A short poem, the haiku has a meter of seventeen syllables, organized into three verses of five syllables each...
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Cry Baby Cry
2013
'Cry Baby Cry' was conceived in three parts that are articulated on several levels. Starting from the notion of a triptych...
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Descartes
2013
In this performance-show, working with the actor's dramaturgy was significant. We started from...
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Cattle Farming
2007
That is to say, but doesn't know, can't, doesn't allow itself, doesn't change. In 'Bovine Culture?', Ginga Dance Company...
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Breath of Life
2004
The show 'A Breath of Life' was inspired by the homonymous text by Clarice Lispector, published...
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I am the author of the books *The Poetics of No Place: Towards a Theatricality in Dance* and *Cia Carne Agonizante: 21 Years of Dance Without Time to Be Afraid* (co-authored), as well as several articles and chapters published in books and academic journals. My writing engages with dance, dramaturgy, performance, and somatic practices.
The Body-as-a-Home: Re-imagining the Sense of Belonging to the Environment
2026
This text challenges the idea of seeking one's home (oikos) outside the body, suggesting that the body itself is a home.
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The unbridled fury of memory
2019
The text analyzes Fury as a work that problematizes historical memory and forgetting, addressing the wounds of a capitalist society in crisis.
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When words are rotten mushrooms. Modes of perception, intelligibilities, processes.
2018
Reflection on the creative process of "Corrupted Words" as a flow of writing and collaborative creation.
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Choreographic Haikus - One year, five seasons
2018
An investigation that brings haiku and dance closer together, exploring synthesis, perception, and a sensitive relationship with nature.
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Carne Agonizante Company 21 Years of Dance - No Time to Be Afraid
2018
The book revisits 21 years of the Carne Agonizante Company, highlighting its creation, resistance, and choreographic language.
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The Dance of Death and Frozen Culture
2017
A reflection on Laura Samy's solo piece "Dança Macabra" as a gesture of creation, artistic maturity, and cultural resistance.
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Trisha Brown - Islands of Sense
2017
An analysis of Trisha Brown and her deconstruction of movement based on body mechanics and everyday life.
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Intertwining Threads: Possible Dramaturgical Axes in Contemporary Dance
2016
Research into contemporary dance and the reinvention of the notion of stage dramaturgy.
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(of) Composition and Production of Meanings: Dramaturgies of Contemporary Dance
2015
This work analyzes the works of Vaslav Nijinsky, Trisha Brown, and Sandro Borelli to address the notion of dramaturgy in dance.
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A Choreographic-Mythological Experience
2014
An investigation of myth as a vital force in the creative and dramaturgical processes of contemporary dance.
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The Poetics of Homelessness - Towards a theatricalization in Dance
2013
A reflection on theatricality and the construction of meaning in dance based on the notion of "non-place".
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Sandro Borelli and the Dramaturgy of Violence
2012
An analysis of the dramaturgy in Sandro Borelli's dance, based on his Kafka Trilogy.
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The object as a liberating rule for the body on stage.
2009
The text suggests that the object, by imposing rules on the body, does not limit it, but paradoxically acts as a liberating element.
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