Off Olinda | Production and exhibition of national and international art.
About me
Journalist - DRT/RS 003359 Artist/Actress - DRT/RS 10.300
Teaching
Holds a degree in Theater from UERGS and a Bachelor's degree in Social Communication/Advertising and Public Relations from PUC/RS. She also studied Social Communication/Journalism (Bachelor's) at the Hélio Alonso Integrated Colleges (RJ) and completed a postgraduate degree in Cinema and Audiovisual at the Estácio Faculty in Rio. She studied singing with soprano Rosimari Oliveira at the Montenegro Arts Foundation (RS). She is a student of the Manouche guitar under composer Mauro Albert, who introduced the style to the country.
Arts
She began her artistic career in the 1990s, singing in bars and on the streets of Amsterdam.
Upon returning to Brazil, he participated in the movement to revive cinema in Pernambuco, working as a Production Assistant on the video "America au Poivre" by Nelson Caldas and Sérgio Oliveira and the short film "Cachaça" by Adelina Pontual and Claudio Assis.
In 2000, in Recife, she was an assistant art director for the documentary "Casa Grande e Senzala" by Nelson Pereira dos Santos and worked on several projects related to the production company Ruth Pinho and Center TV in Recife.
In the same year, she directed and wrote the documentary "Endereço Rocinha," about the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro, which was completed and broadcast by TVE in Rio Grande do Sul.
In 2004 in Porto Alegre, she co-founded the Meme Group, dedicated to dance/theater.
In 2005, she performed singing with the SESi/Fundarte Orchestra in a show by her teacher Rosimari Oliveira and colleagues at the Teresinha Petry Cardona Theater in Montenegro (RS).
In 2006 she created the Om Group, with which she conducts research, presentations and events, and is the director of works such as the multimedia show Mahabharata, awarded by Funcultura of Porto Alegre, for which she is the director, screenwriter and performer.
She performed in the show "Bhakti - Essence of Life" by award-winning Indian choreographer Sandeep Bodhanker in Porto Alegre, 2009 at the Teatro Renascença.
In 2011, she was a finalist in the Tal Television Caja de Clips Contest with the Super-8 film "365 Flores pra Você," which was broadcast throughout Latin America by the channel and also on MTV Brazil, London, Australia, and Asia.
In 2012, he presented the show "Stories from India" in Recife.
In 2013, he founded the Off Broadway Cultural Center of Olinda and the production company Off Olinda.
In 2015, she received the Conexão Cultura Brasil award from the Ministry of Culture and traveled to New York for training in classical Indian dance with Professor Najma Ayasha from New York University.
In 2016, he produced and presented the performance "Histórias da Índia" (Stories from India) with the multi-instrumentalist Sérgio Ferraz from Pernambuco at the Rua do Amparo Festival in Olinda, and directed a short film with the same title based on the performance. The work won an award at the 4th National Exhibition of Videos on Interventions and Performances and was shown in 28 Brazilian cities.
In 2019 and 2020, he released several songs created in partnership with the composer Johann Alex de Souza, and produced music videos for the compositions "Sufi" and "Rima pra Ele".
Johann performs, showcasing his work in venues such as the Clube de Cultura and the Luiz Carlos Prestes Memorial in Porto Alegre.
In 2021, she was the screenwriter and production director of the short documentary "As Calungas de Mãe Elda" (Mother Elda's Calungas), Recife/Olinda, 2021, and producer/screenwriter/presenter of the "1st Gypsy Music Showcase of Zona da Mata," both funded by the Aldir Blanc Law in podcast format.
In the same year, she contributed an essay to the anthology Traces of Odissi Dance in Brazil, organized by Prof. Dr. Mariana Baruco Machado Andraus and Ms. Andrea Albergaria (UNICAMP). CRV Publisher.
In 2022, she will present the show "Amy's Maid" at the Bruno Kiefer Theater in the Mario Quintana Cultural Center in Porto Alegre.
Cultural Production:
Director of the production company Off Olinda – since 2013 (current position)
Director of the Om Group since 2006 (current position).
Secretary of the Povo da Rua Cultural Association since 2013 (current position)
Promoter and art dealer for the Pernambuco-born engraver Gilvan Samico from 2013 to 2019.
Producer of an exhibition featuring Brazilian Naïf artists at the Art & Design Gallery in Miami, 2018.
Producer of the tour for the show “Tapioca Touch” (Minc – Klauss Vianna Award) in 6 Brazilian capitals - 2017
Producer of the exhibition “Samico Between Worlds” by master printmaker Gilvan Samico in New York, 2017.
Production Assistant at the Women's Art/Audiovisual Week held at Parque Dona Undu/PE in November 2015 and March 2018 at Cinema São Luís in Recife.
Advisor for the Dance area of the Pernambuco Fund for Cultural Incentive - Funcultura (Recife) – 2014
Judge at the Olinda Frevo Dancer Competition, 2014
Production Assistant at the Cineclube Curta Doze e Meia from 2011 to 2014 at the Centro Cultural Correios/Recife –
Executive Producer of the Community Communication Courses – Funcultura 2012/2013 -
Director of the Off Broadway Cultural Center of Olinda from 2013 to 2015.
Reporter for Bio Magazine, published by the National Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering - from 2011/2013;
Production company for the "Incense in School" Project – Funcultura 2013
Producer of the "Caravan of Illusion" tour in the Northeast of Brazil by the "People of the Street Theater Group" - Produced by the Ministry of Culture - 2013
Film club member and moderator for the Traveling California Film Project in 2011.
Judge for the 2010 Açorianos Dance Award, presented by the Porto Alegre City Hall.
Producer of the programs “Hip Hop Sul” and “É Geral” - TVE/RS – various periods between 1999 and 2009;
Communications Advisor for the Vale do Rio Doce Company in Serra dos Carajás (PA), 1996/97, responsible for press and institutional communication for the company related to the project;
Freelance producer - Zeppelin Filmes, Grupo Art and Martins Produções (Porto Alegre) - various periods between 1995 and 2000;