Brazilian Marcos Novais received intensive classical and contemporary ballet and jazz training from 2003 to 2010. He moved to São Paulo in 2011 to complete his dance training at the Pavilhão Art Centre and join the Divinadanca company as an apprentice. After that, Marcos Novais danced with the Cisne Negro Dance Company in 2012/13, with Bale da Cidade de São Paulo from 2013-2017 and with Ballett Augsburg from 2017-2019. Since the 2019/20 season, he has been a dancer in the ensemble of the Hessisches Staatsballett.