The objective of this research is to understand the work developed by the institution Se Essa Rua Fosse Minha in relation to cultural identities. Within this organization the main focus was based on the project Dando Bola para a Vida. This project works with the children from the community of Cerro-Corá, which is located in the South part of Rio de Janeiro. It uses an art-education perspective and applies the Social Circus method. Two categories, which arose from the focus group itself, were used: autonomy and reciprocity. Supported by these categories, the dialectics between individual and one´s social surroundings is established and contributes to the development of the identity, of the potential of metamorphoses and of the broadening of the field of possibilities.