Heloisa Azevedo
Heloisa Azevedo Bastos

Pau D'alho, Pernambuco, 1916 - Rio de Janeiro, 2014

Acrobat, ballerina, equilibrist and mounter in handstand and teeterboard acts. Kindly known as Losa, she received early education in the circus. Her parents are Francisco Azevedo and Rosa Fernandes Azevedo and she is part of the second generation. She made her debut with the Olimecha brothers. Heloisa married Augustinho Bastos. Their five children Pirajá, Anapuru, Uirapuru, Ubiratan and Canaguari Azevedo all became artists. Pirajá still teaches at National Circus Schoo lin Rio de Janeiro.

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