Born in the heart of Brazil (São Paulo), Carolina very early discovers a strong ability to express herself through physical and bodily art.
After two years of university studies in sports science (STAPS), she gets the opportunity to join the Vertigo preparatory circus school in Italy, specializing in aerial silks. This opens the first doors toward the French circus world, leading her in 2019 to the Centre national des arts du cirque.
After four years spent in preparatory schools between Italy and France to refine her technique in aerial silks, at CNAC the desire to break verticality emerges. Her research focuses on new forms the silks can take, the scenographic spaces they can create, and new rigging possibilities to explore different spatial dimensions. At times, her inspiration also comes from puppetry, a curiosity that opens new visual perspectives.
Somewhat tired of the repeated saltos and twists performed by everyone on vertical apparatuses, she develops a desire to “recycle” her practice—using acquired technique as a base to explore unknown territories.
During her journey, she has had the opportunity to work with Sophia Perez, Kaori Ito, and Guy Alloucherie on the creation and revival of performances.
Carolina believes that being an artist is not only about performing. For her, it is also an act of resistance, and above all a way to give voice to those who do not have access to freedom of expression.
Finally, she emphasizes that circus is not her life, but what completes it. Her greatest passion is living: to experience, breathe, build, go further, preserve what is precious and discover new things, in order to later share them through her life in circus.
Centre National des Arts du Cirque