The article discusses the importance and impact of the Eros Volusia's dance solos pointing to the "antropofagica" operation that held in their dance in relation to nationals and foreign cultural references. In addition to analyzing Volusia's solo dances and her goal of constructing a "national bailado" based on the miscegenation of European, black, and indigenous cultural elements, with echoes of the nationalist political ideology dominant in this historic period in Brazil, the article establishes a relationship between this pioneer modern soloist and the solo "Samba do crioulo doido", by Luiz de Abreu, a Brazilian artist active in contemporary dance, who analyzes themes important to Volusia: Brazilianness and, by extension, the image of Brazilian women related to sensuality and malevolence.