Dancer and performer whose work investigates the stereotypes related to the black body. He has performed in contemporary dance festivals in France, Germany, Portugal, Croatia, Cuba, Spain, and Brazil. Performances: Mercosul Biennial (Porto Alegre, 2009); Sesc Dance Festival (São Paulo, 2001). His piece O samba do crioulo doido is part of the video dance collection of Centre Georges Pompidou, in Paris. He lives and works in São Paulo.
Racial discrimination and its incidence on the black body is at the center of this performatic piece. Departing from elements indefectibly connected to the Brazilian black—samba, Carnaval, eroticism—, and references to the white country, the artist creates images that discuss racism, transgression as a form of resistance, and the importance of the body in the construction of identity. Making use of irony and burlesque, the performance seeks to return to the body-object her stolen self, with her feelings, beliefs, and singularities. The piece received the Grand Prize at the 18th Sesc_Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival, in 2013.
