... was born in Brazil and studied ballet and modern dance in Porto Alegre and from 1996-98 at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen Germany. She has worked with choreographers including Rodolpho Leoni, Susanne Linke, Mark Sieckarek and Urs Dietrich.Since 2000, she is a member of the Bremer Tanztheater Company under the direction of Urs Dietrich. In 1999 she won the second prize at the "Das beste deutsche Tanzsolo" (Best German Solo) competition in Leipzig with her choreography "Sola".