Mantega’s  first experience with performance was at 8 years old
​when he decided to sing during the school break, on top of a table. That was when he discovered the pleasure of being a rock star, having his first groupies and the danger of losing control of himself to fame, when he almost had an overdose of sugar due to all the candies and bubble gum the fans would throw at him.

After that he decided to give up singing, due to the dangers of it, and waited for another passion to surface.

Capoeira came into his life when he was 12, and with it he learnt his first acrobatics and performed in many capoeira meetings and conventions.

At 16 he learnt how to juggle thanks to his best friend Pika Pau, and they began to perform everywhere.  Finally, after a lot of failures and more failures, they succeeded in creating a very successful street show and another great stage show that were performed in many countries.

After more than 10 years of performing in duo, he decided it was time to try something on his own, so he created the stage act “Whisky” and the street show “Wonder Drink”.