Graduate at Direção Teatral from Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (1972), master's at Performance Studies from New York University (1988) and Ph.D at Performance Studies from New York University (1997). Has experience in Arts, focusing on Theatral Direction, acting on the following subjects: performance, performance afro-brasileira, cultura afro-brasileira, cultura popular and teatro experimental. Dean of Center for Arts and Literature (CLA) UNIRIO
Professor, autor, artista, pesquisador. diretor teatral. Mestrado e Doutorado no Departamento de Performance Studies, New York University. Pós Doc na Yale University (2001-2002) e na Paris VIII (2013). Atua no PGGAC UNIRIO e no PPGAC-UFAC. Especializado no campo dos Estudos da Performance, Teatro experimental e Performance Afro e Performance Ameríndia. Administrador do Núcleo de Estudos das Performances Afro-Ameríndia - NEPAA na UNIRIO.Decano do Centro de Letras e Artes.