
In 2005 they created their first show called (Peut-être). This show has been performed more that 50 times across Europe and South-East Asia. The last performance took place in 2009.
In 2006 the company also created a show called Contigo on the order of the Festival IN d’Avignon, in the contexte of Les Sujets à Vif – SACD. This was a solo project co-written by João Paulo Santos and the Portuguese choreographer Rui Horta. This show successively toured over 100 times in Europe, Asia, Africa, Northern and Southern America, and keeps on touring today.
In May 2009 the first performance of Vertigem took place in Portugal. This short form in solo was the foreshadow of the next performance which has been completed in January 2010 in duet with Guillaume Amaro. This performance called A deux pas de là-haut presented a new apparatus that João Paulos Santos has developped : the stick-pole. The show toured all over the world until 2016.
2015 marked a turning point with the creation of Abril, a duet with the first ever female artist in the company, Elsa Caillat, and the apparition of a new apparatus, aerial rope. Very imbued with Portuguese landscapes and energy, Abril is a contemplative piece full of a sweet ans sensual energy.
In 2017, the company emphasizes its inscription on the Portuguese territory with the co-creation on Mundo Interior with the director João Garcia Miguel. The sensitive and powerfull perfomance xas presented 21 times in Portugal. In 2018, he was the artistic director of the International Circus Festival in Porto. In 2019, he has co-created the show Desafios with Pompeu Jose of the theatral company ACERT in Tondela.
As a matter of fact, João Paulo Santos' experience and formation, mostly acquired in France, enabled Portuguese structures to value contemporary circus that is still rare and unrecognized in this country. That's why the company still strengthens its development in Portugal while keeping collaborating whith Portuguese artists.
In May 2017, João Paulo Santos and Elsa Caillat (co-author and interpret of Abril) directed the students of the 31st promotion of the cursus ENACR/CNAC. The show called Para(îê)tre performed five times in april and June 2017.To date, João Paulo Santos has created 5 shows and 3 short performances like « Contigo » which tours all around the world for 15 years. In March 2017, he has created the solo « Mundo Interior » with the Portuguese director João Garcia Miguel, and in July 2020, he has created "L'Autre" a duet with the French hip-hop dancer Iliass Mjouti.
Indeed, João Paulo Santos maintains a strong connection with his country of origin, Portugal, where he is considered as a pioneer in the field of contemporary circus.
João Paulo Santosis also videographer, and regularly asked to teach or to stage shows.
He is associated artist to O Espaço do Tempo, lead by Rui Horta in Montemor-O-Novo.