Santiago developed an interest in special effects as a teenager and trained in FX makeup (professional techniques for special effects), carpentry, blacksmithing, and working with latex, resin, and fiberglass. He discovered contemporary circus at the age of 18, when he attended a performance of the show *Sanos y Salvos* by the company “La Arena” in Buenos Aires. He realized then that he could find in circus acrobatics what he had been seeking in various sports since childhood: a different relationship with gravity.
Around the same time, he began studying Industrial Design at the UBA (University of Buenos Aires) and, for four years, divided his time between his two passions: design and the circus. He then took classes in aerial dance, trampoline, floor acrobatics, balancing acts, Chinese pole, and contemporary dance at various circus schools in Buenos Aires: La Arena, Espacio Zero, Club de Trapecistas, among others.
Little by little, the circus took on greater and greater importance, occupying more and more space in his life.
Santiago is involved in the creation and development of Cie Impulso (Buenos Aires), works on movement research with choreographer Soledad Perez Tranmar, and performs a Chinese pole duet with Martín Molinari. He also teaches Chinese pole classes at the Espacio Zero and Club de Trapecistas schools, as well as at the 14th Argentine Convention of Circus, Clowning, and Street Performance, and at Elisangela Dos Reis’s dance school.
Ultimately, the decision to make circus his profession led Santagio to seek high-level, contemporary professional training, which he found at the National Center for Circus Arts (CNAC).