Lander Patrick has suffered from chronic asthma since he moved from Brazil to Portugal in 1989, the year he was born. He joined the volleyball federation to keep this affliction under control, eventually training in dance. Being awarded two prizes — first prize at the Koreografskih Minijatura Festival (Serbia) for Noodles Never Break When Boiled (2012) and second prize at the No Ballet International Choreography Competition for Cascas d'Ovo (2013) — encouraged him to continue pursuing choreographic creation instead of working at a call center. He has collaborated with Jonas Lopes since 2013, creating pieces such as ADORABILIS (2017), Coin Operated (2019), and Bate Fado (2021). His solo creations include Sovaco de Cobra (2022) for the Norwegian national company of contemporary dance Carte Blanche, Pink Fraud (2024) for the German company tanzmainz, and Catedral for the Hungarian structure Sub.Lab.