Postdoctoral Fellow in Art from Iberoamerican University Mexico City; Doctorate in Art and Visual Culture (UFG - 2014); Master of Dance (UFBA - 2011); Specialist in Dance (UNESPAR/FAP - 2009); Bachelor of Philosophy (UPF - 2002). He is a professor of the Graduate Program in Cultural Heritage and the Dance - Bachelor's Course of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM); Coordinator of the Laboratory for Research on Contemporary Creations in Dance (LICCDA) - CEFD/UFSM Dance Didactic Laboratory. Research lines: History and Cultural Heritage; Dancer; Processes of creation. Topics of interest: Art and intangible cultural heritage; Contemporary dance; Cultural pedagogies.