She started her professional career with Ultima Vez, in the Pasolini Project Of Heaven and Hell and Away From Sleeping Dogs with Iztock Kova. Since 1999 Lisbeth Gruwez has been working with Jan Fabre, performing in As Long As the World Needs a Warrior's Soul , followed by Je suis sang, the production for the Cour d'Honneur in Avignon. In 2001 she starred in Pierre Coulibeuf's film Les Guerriers de la beauté about Jan Fabre's work. In 2002 she starred in Images of Affection for Needcompany/Jan Lauwers. A year later Lisbeth Gruwez worked with Grace Ellen Barkey in Few Things and Cry Me a River by Riina Saastamoinen. Still in 2003 she choreographed See-Sick, a Polydans production, and danced in Foi , which was a production by Les Ballets C. De la B./ Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. In 2004 Jan Fabre created a solo for Lisbeth Gruwez: Quando l'uomo principale è una donna . She also participated in the installation Origine (2004), along with Peter Verhelst and in Prayer of a weeping horse (2006), a creation by Andy Denys (Galothar). In 2008 Lisbeth danced with Melanie Lane in I!2, a creation by Arco Renz. That year she also had a leading role in Lost Persons Area, a movie by Caroline Strubbe. This motion picture was nominated for the Cannes filmfestival. Finally she created also in 2008 her new performance Birth of Prey.

Their first joint project was As Long As the World Needs a Warrior's Soul . In 2001 Maarten Van Cauwenberghe composed the music for Je Suis Sang , a production for the Cour d'Honneur in Avignon. In 2004 he wrote the music for the dance solo Quando L'Uomo Principale è una Donna with Lisbeth Gruwez. Besides his work with Jan Fabre, Maarten Van Cauwenberghe has also worked with the Rosas dancer, Julia Sugranyes - in the performance Redial 2 - and he composed the music for the dance performance Sens Acte Sans by Label Cedana (Cédric Charon and Annabelle Chambon). In 2003 he created the music for the Polydans production See-Sick. In 2006 Van Cauwenberghe and the dancer/choreographer Lisbeth Gruwez founded the non-profit organization vzw Voetvolk for the purpose of producing their own dance performances. Their first production, Forever Overhead , premiered in January 2007.

In 2008 Van Cauwenberghe wrote music for La Nuit est mère du jour of the Comédie de Valence. He also composed the music for Ay'n, a danceperformance of Louise Charon and Luc Van Den Dries. In 2009 Van Cauwenberghe composed the music for the documentary Yell for Cadel. Also for Birth of Prey by Voetvolk he composed the music and performs it live on stage. Maarten Van Cauwenberghe had a pop-rock band Babyjohn until 2008. They recorded 2 albums.