Lia Rodrigues was born in 1956 in São Paulo, where she studied classical Ballet and History à the São Paulo (USP) University. She was involved in the 70’s in the contemporary dance movement and was in the Maguy Marin dance Company from 1980 to 1982. When she returned, she creates the Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças, in 1990, in Rio de Janeiro with activities all the year round, dance laboratories, creations, classes and rehearsals. In 1992 she created and ran for forteen years the Panorama Festival, the most important dance festival in Rio de Janeiro.