Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I moved to Sydney, Australia in 1978. After ten years in Sydney as new immigrants, my family and I discovered Cairns, North Queensland on a holiday and knew instantly that this was our place.

 

I was first exposed to the arts at Grafton Arts, a Cairns City Council funded Youth Arts Centre that supported and developed aspiring young artists from any discipline. From those early days until now, I have always been involved in Youth Arts and I’m forever grateful for those foundational experiences. See CV for more info.

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At 19, I joined Kick Arts Collective in Cairns, where I was taken under the wing by various senior accomplished artists across disciplines such as music, dance, theatre, and visual arts. Over the following three years, I acquired the knowledge akin to a classical arts education. The lessons learnt during this years, continue to inform every aspect of my professional practice.

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It was time to venture over to Western Australia to study dance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University. Later, my passion for Latin dance saw me flying between Melbourne and Sydney, performing professionally... Read More