João dos Santos Martins is an artist whose work encompasses dance, exploring formats such as choreography, exhibition, and publishing. His practice articulates collaborative ways of working that focus on issues of transmission, language and labor. Together with Ana Bigotte Vieira, they created a platform for mapping genealogies of dance history in Portugal (Para Uma Timeline a Haver). He founded a biannual journal — Coreia — dedicated to artists' writings in 2019. João performed in works by Ana Rita Teodoro, Xavier Le Roy, Eszter Salamon, Boris Charmatz, Marcelo Evelin, Jérôme Bel, Rui Horta, among others. Occasionally he writes and curates. In 2014, he co-founded Parasita, an artists’ association based in Lisbon.