Image of Rodrigo, tap dancer in the cast, wearing beige overalls and tap shoes in the same color. The focus of the image is on his legs and feet: one foot flat on the ground and the other in the air, pointing backwards.

Hello!
We are glad you are here!

We are a company specialized in tap dancing, founded in 2008 by Renata Defina in the city of Ribeirão Preto, in São Paulo State (Brasil). We have been creating and reinventing ourselves for 14 years and that is why we dare to say that we are also specialists in dreams. In dreaming new possibilities, projects and creative processes.
Color photo of two pairs of black tap shoes, arranged on the wooden stage. On the left side, it is possible to notice a part of the percussive instrument “cajón”.

We are an itinerant collective, as we have mobile wooden platforms that take us to so many possibilities of meeting – with people, cultural centers, dance schools and places that constituted our floor and home for many artistic experiments.

Many of the works displayed here were born from the simple, powerful, and courageous gesture of dreaming. Dreams that materialize mediated by our areas of interest, which are: dance research, audience formation, cultural production, communicational accessibility, occupation of public spaces and contemporaneity.

We act in search of spreading tap dance as a non-elitist art, worrying about democratic access to the cultural materials we produce – shows, workshops, creative processes, video dances and whatever else creativity allows.

 

Black and white photo of a tap dancer standing on a small square wooden platform. She wears black tights, silver skirt and black shoes. Behind the tap dancer, a ukulele case lying on the stage.
Our collective and collaborative dreams made us walk this far. We salute everyone who has worked with us over these
14 years of rhythmic paths.
Color photo of Renata, cast tap dancer, smiling, holding a pair of black tap shoes in front of her eyes. The metal flats on the soles of the shoes are in exactly the same position as the eyes.
Renata Defina

Artist, art educator, cultural producer. Master's student at the Postgraduate Program in Performing Arts at the Arts Institute of the Federal University of Uberlândia - UFU. Occupational Therapist from University of São Paulo, FMRP - USP (2006) and specialist in Personalized Training from Escola de Educação Física e Esporte de Ribeirão Preto - EEFERP - USP (2017). Graduated in the Canadian method Stott Pilates and in the technical training in dance from CAD - Centro Avançado de Dança, in Ribeirão Preto. She was a member of “BAM Ensemble”, from Chicago – USA (2007).
Color photo of Ana Luiza, tap dancer of the cast, smiling, holding a pair of white tap shoes next to her face.
Ana Luiza Yosetake

Artist, art educator, cultural producer, specialist in Contemporary Dance Studies (UFBA, 2019), nurse (EERP/USP, 2015) and creative entrepreneur. She joined Cia. Pé na Tábua in 2014 and became a performer-creator, producer and social media in 2016. Member of the collective MuDança Ribeirão since 2014, a collective that has been specializing in cultural productions in Dance and that, in 2021 , held the first edition of the innovative Festival “Danço, Logo Existo”.
Color photo of Rodrigo, the cast tap dancer, with a looking thoughtful, holding a tap shoe close to his right ear.
Rodrigo Lima

Artist, art educator, cultural producer. Visual artist and graphic designer graduated from Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá (2016) and technical training in dance from CAD - Advanced Dance Center (Ribeirão Preto - SP). He was awarded a scholarship to the Rhythm World Festival 2016 (Chicago - USA) and DC Tap Festival 2019 (Washington - USA). He has been a member of Cia. de Sapateado Pé na Tábua since 2014, acting as a tap dancer and artist-creator.

Contributors

Carol Cb
Photography
Marcus Maximos
Sound Operation
Mariana Cazula
Executive Production
Washington de Paula
Lighting
Tais Balieiro
Scenic Provocation
Guilherme Carvalho
Sound Operation
BR Jazz Quarteto
Musicians

We are an independent group that moves into a research dance.

We move between the artistic scene and actions in the field of education. We want more people to experience tap dancing, either as an audience and/or as a tap dancer.