Born in 1992 in Lisbon, Portugal, Leonardo grew up in a family deeply connected to fine arts and music. At the age of three, he discovered circus on television during holiday broadcasts. Since then, his hyperactivity has found expression through his body, particularly through juggling. His mother, a visual artist, has always supported his musical sensibilities and his circus inspirations.
Leonardo followed a general education while gradually orienting himself toward circus arts through various activities that now form part of his artistic toolkit. At 15, he obtained a professional diploma in circus performance and animation at EPAOS Chapitô, the Professional School of Performing Arts and Techniques in Lisbon. There, he refined his juggling skills and discovered other physical practices, including dance and acrobatics. He entered a new dimension in which he explored and developed a fresh understanding of the body, both acrobatically and scenically. In 2011, early professional experiences led him to work with Cie ADN.
In 2013, Leonardo joined the DNSP Rosny–CNAC program, first at the National School of Circus Arts in Rosny-sous-Bois (ENACR), where he expanded his vocabulary and specialized in Chinese pole, developing a highly technical and acrobatic language.
Then, from 2015 onwards, he continued his development at the National Centre for Circus Arts (CNAC) in Châlons-en-Champagne, where his diverse references and imagination nourished one another, taking on a physical form within his artistic universe.
He has developed an artistic identity in which the acrobatic relationship to objects and space is emphasized within a cinematic dimension, where body and matter are freed from any chronological framework.