Acrobat, trapezist. He comes from the second generation of his family and his parents are Manoel and Josefina Dantas. Henrique was born at Circo Arethuza, where he made his debut at age eight performing trampoline and at fourteen in the globe. Henrique worked for the circuses Irmãos Dantas, Scalli, Simões, Sudan, Continental, Hagenback, Di Napoli, Bartholo and Beto Carrero until 1998.