Acrobat, actress, handstander, trapezist and perchist, Delise is the daughter of the clown Chocolate  (José de Oliveira, Pernambuco - Campinas, São Paulo, 1945) and of the trapezist Judith Alves Correia da Silva from northeast Brazil. She was born and brought up in a circus and belongs to the third generation of artists that originally started with her grandmother Francelina Silva. As children, she and her sister Fatima started performing acrobatic acts for the Pavilhão Azul, a metalic circus building owned by the businessman Aquiles Pinto in the 1940s. The "Pavilhão" was set up in the corner of the streets Ronaldo de Carvalho and Rodolfo Dantas in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. From twelve to nineteen, Delise performed aerial acts - aerial hoop, double trapeze and corde lisse - for the Circo Garcia and later in the circuses Robattini, Gomes, Stevanowich, Romano, Águias Humanas, Cosmopolitano (in Africa) and Sul Laceni.  With the circus families Queirolo and Ozon she toured throughout Europe, Asia (Vietnam) and the Americas. In 1969, while travelling and performing on a yacht, it sank just off the eastern cost of India. The yacht belonged to the actor and famous magician João Calvert, who was the stunt double of the hollywood actors Clark Gable and Vincent Price and also played the movie role of Michael the Falcon. Later in her life, she owned Circo Hong Kong with Amorim, Ripolim and Edvar Ozon. In 1975, the circus was sold to the artist and fiscal superviser Vilaça, who performed acts with dogs and ropes. Of Delise's three children Henrique, Luís Carlos and Alexandre, only Luís did not become a circus artist. Henrique was a student at National Circus School where he specialized in handstand, bambu and flying trapeze and he performed with Debora Colker Dance Company as a ballet dancer for 17 years. Alexandre was an acrobat, trapezist and roller skater in the duo, Toj and Kildare. Nowadays he makes circus tents. Since 1982 Delise has been teaching roller skating and aerial acts at the National Circus School.