Morgada Assumption Cunha reports on the creation of the Dance Group at UFRGS School of Physical Education, which was the group director and choreographer of 1976 (starting year) to 1983 (year end). The group was born in the same period that other contemporary dance groups of Porto Alegre, by a desire to establish Morgada teacher’s work as a choreographer and students of physical education course to have a dance group at the university. The interview is part of the Digging Memories Project, developed by the Center for Memory of Sports, School of Physical Education at UFRGS. The following statement includes a set of interviews for my dissertation with Professor and former members of the group.Morgada Assumpção Cunha relata sobre a criação do Grupo de Dança da UFRGS na Escola de Educação Física, grupo do qual foi diretora e coreógrafa de 1976 à 1983. O Grupo nasce no mesmo período que outros grupos de dança contemporânea de Porto Alegre, por um desejo da professora em estabelecer um trabalho como coreógrafa e das alunas do curso de educação física em ter um grupo de dança na universidade.