My Story

From my point of view, I was more interested in melodies and lyrics or something that could move my body. Due to hyperactivity, I had no patience to learn an instrument…
I wanted to move. I already wanted to create, to go beyond: I started playing sports! Nevertheless, deep down, I was already curious and passionate about Theater, Music, Photography, Dance, Arts in General. Luckily, when I turned 13, I “fell in love” with a French Photographer called Pierre Verger. With all respect, I even created a personnel email-address with his name; a mix of my angels
name and him: ieiaiel@fatumbiverger.com
The way that he was describing Bahia was Fantastic, from Religion to culture: “let us not separate them because they are all connected”. In addition, he defined Bahia as the whole world in one place. Moreover, do not forget he traveled around the world, working everywhere!
Back to myself, among other sports I started to practice Capoeira (Dance combined with Martial Arts from Bahia) and boom! I found something that could work out my body, making me feel free and healthier. I have quit Capoeira; consequently, I started my dance and fitness career a bit late, around 17 years old, but with a suitable body, thanks to Capoeira! Moreover, at 22 years old, I have been engaged in professional dance troupes. I started in Brazil, around Salvador, Bahia and Rio. From there, I danced in London, Vienna, Germany, Tunisia, Palestine and Switzerland, where I also danced in La Traviata (Lausanne Opera House).
In Geneva, I also worked in collaboration with Etienne Frey and Marina Ritz. Due to the fact I did not have many dance contracts in Geneva and that I was plenty of energy inside me, I started back into the fitness industry, as we all need to pay our bills. I taught fitness in Geneva but I was not ready for the city. Too much energy, probably!

I had the certainty that Arts would always remain my passion!
As a result, I went back to London and worked in 2016 for Virgin Active and Third Space, where Faye Edwards was one of my greatest bosses and inspirations. Back to London, I witness again the chaos and the stress of the city that I knew for so many years. In only one year, I got very busy working weekdays and weekends. No private life and no real time to focus on my dance projects. Therefore, I decided to reflect about a situation that was stressing me out too much; Idecided to come back to Geneva but not losing my passion and energy. At that time, Geneva was starting to have a very diverse population and was mixing a bit more.
Early 2017, I went back to Geneva and I restarted everything again, working at Holmes Place, Silhouette (Activ’ Fitness now) and Ecole-club Migros who gave me my chance and where I started my first classes. I was feeling more comfortable in “my own skin” and was taking the classes as a place to explore myself and as a piece of Art, having more fun and appreciating the music and the people around.
Meanwhile, in 2022, I engaged myself in a complete training to become Pilates instructor. Indeed, Pilates trains the body as an integrated whole, focusing on core, lower body, and upper body strength as well as flexibility and posture. Pilates workouts promote strength, balanced muscle development, flexibility, and increased range of motion for the joints. This is exactly what I want to bring to my clients: passing awareness to their alignment and strengthening neglected postural muscles for their body and mind.