Sol Leon

Choreographer
Netherlands Dance Theater

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<b>Biography:</b><br />

Birthplace:Córdoba

Nationality:Spanish

Experience:Sol León (Córdoba, Spain) finished her dance training at the National Ballet Academy of Madrid and came to The Hague in 1987 to dance with Nederlands Dans Theater II, under Arlette van Boven. In 1989 she joined Nederlands Dans Theater I. She danced many works by masters of choreography like Ji?í Kylián, Hans van Manen, Mats Ek and Ohad Naharin until she stopped dancing in 2003. From 1989 Sol León and Paul Lightfoot have worked together producing choreographies for Nederlands Dans Theater. In August 2002 the couple were appointed resident choreographers of Nederlands Dans Theater. Together they have made over 35 choreographies for this dance company. In 2007 Sol León and Paul Lightfoot started a charity project for street children in Bangladesh.

Awards and honours:

Incentive Prize for Choreography of the Amsterdan Art Prize for ‘Seconds’;

Nomination Laurence Olivier Award for Best Dance Production of the Year for ‘SH-Boom’ (1994);

Merit Award 2003 of Stichting Dansersfonds’79;

VSCD Dance Award ‘Zwaan’ for best dance production 2003-2004 for ‘Shutters Shut’ and ‘Subject to Change’;

Benois de la Danse 2005 for ‘Signing Off’;

Herald Archangel, Edinburgh International Festival 2006;

VSCD Dance Award ‘Zwaan’ for best dance production 2005-2006 for ‘Shoot the Moon’.