Originally from Lisbon, Portugal, she discovered the circus at the age of 15 at a small school called Chapitô EPAOE (Professional School of Performing Arts and Crafts). Later, at the National School of Circus Arts in Rosny-sous-Bois (ENACR), she truly demonstrated her interest in the spinning Chinese pole, dance, singing, and theater.
At age 20, she continued her studies at the National Center for Circus Arts in Châlons-en-Champagne, where she has been developing her personal project—the spinning Chinese pole—for several months.
Her approach involves moving fluidly on the apparatus, blending Chinese pole techniques with the more specific techniques of pole dance fitness.
To support her research, Catarina is taking a two-week training course in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to learn and master the practice of pole dance. The development and fabrication of her spinning pole by the CNAC’s technical department thus allow her to advance her project with her new circus apparatus.
“Life and the world today as we’ve never known them—a physical and delicate critique, still overlooked in our daily lives.”