Joana was born in January 1993 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Born into a family of musicians, she began her musical training at the age of six with the group Flautistas da Pro Arte. This artistic and cultural education project based on Brazilian popular music accompanied her until the age of 21. Through it, she had the opportunity to perform alongside major figures of Brazilian music such as Gilberto Gil, João Bosco, and Egberto Gismonti.
Her musical environment also awakened a sensitivity to dance and circus arts. She began taking circus classes with the company Intrépida Trupe, joining their youth section at the age of 16. At 19, she discovered Chinese pole through projects developed by the company, which she continued to follow for four more years, until her departure for France.
This journey gave her an adolescence shaped by strong musical influences, as well as dance and circus. After finishing high school, she briefly pursued university studies in international relations and then in dance, before ultimately turning to higher circus education to deepen her knowledge of circus arts and, more broadly, performing arts.
In 2014, Joana moved to France and spent one year at the National School of Circus Arts in Rosny-sous-Bois (ENACR), before joining the National Centre for Circus Arts (CNAC) in Châlons-en-Champagne.
In her work on Chinese pole, she seeks new ways of moving, drawing on her dance background and exploring the musicality of Brazilian rhythms, among other influences. She develops a subtle blend between her origins and the artistic influences she discovered in France.