Photo by Tommy Pascal.

Biography

Choreographer, Silent Screen

Sol León joined Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) 2 after graduating from the National Ballet Academy of Madrid in 1987. Two years later, she joined NDT 1 and danced in masterpieces of Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Mats Ek and Ohad Naharin. Sol continued to dance up until 2003, when she decided to fully devote herself to choreography together with Paul Lightfoot. From 2012 until 2020, Sol was Artistic Advisor of NDT.

Sol and Paul have been a choreographer’s duo since 1989 and together they have created more than 50 pieces for NDT, for which they received prestigious awards. In 2002, Sol and Paul were appointed house choreographers for NDT.