In 2006 Ricardo de Paula founded Grupo Oito as a collective of independent dancers from different disciplines.To establish resistance, strength and awareness Grupo Oito combines various elements of contemporary dance, capoeira and contact improvisation to form the Get Physical Process developed by Ricardo de Paula.

At Ballhaus Naunynstraße the group has developed the productions Dance for Sale and Sight. In June 2015 they showed Dance for Sale at Goethe-Institute Kenya in collaboration with seven Kenyan dancers. This version was performed in September 2015 together with the Kenyan dancers at Ballhaus Naunynstraße.