Compañía Nacional de Danza

Sol León (Córdoba, Spain), joined NDT2 in 1987 under the direction of Arlette Van Boben. Two years later she moved into NDT1, under the direction of Jirí Kylián. León continued to dance up until 2003, when she decided to fully devote herself to being the house choreographer of NDT together with Paul Lightfoot. From 2012 until 2020. León was also the artistic advisor for the company. León and Lightfoot have been a choreographic duo since 1989 and together they have created more than 60 world premieres for the NDT, which they have received many prestigious awards for. In 2002 León and Lightfoot were appointed House Choreographers of NDT, the position they remained in until 2020.

Paul Lightfoot (Cheshire, England) graduated from the Royal Ballet School in London before joining Netherlands Dans Theater in 1985. Lightfoot began as a dancer with NDT2. Two years later he moved into NDT1, where he danced until 2008. Early in his career Lightfoot began choreographing together with Sol León. From September 2011 until August 2020 Lightfoot was the artistic director of NDT.

OEUVRES:

The Bard of Avon (NDT2) 1989/ Spilt Milk (NDT workshop) 1990/ Step Lightly (NDT2) 1991/ Satchitananda (NDT workshop) 1992/ Seconds (NDT1) 1992/ Sigue (NDT workshop) 1993/ Solitaire (NDT2) 1994/ Susto (NDT3) 1994/ SHBOOM! (NDT workshop) 1994/ So Sorry (NDT3) 1994/ Softly, as I leave you (NDT1)1994/ Syllabus (NDT workshop) 1995/ Arcimboldo (NDT1) 1995/ Skew-Whiff (NDT2) 1996/ Start to Finish (NDT1) 1996/ Shangri-La (NDT1) 1997/ Stilleven (NDT1) 1997/ Sad Case (NDT2) 1998/ Singing Apes (NDT1) 1998/ Small moves (NDT3) 1999/ Speak for Yourself (NDT1)1999/ Squeaky Wheel (NDT3) 2000/ Arcimboldo (NDT1, 2&3) 2000/ Said and Done (NDT2) 2001/ Safe as Houses (NDT1) 2001/ Subject to Change (NDT2) 2003/ Shutters Shut (NDT2) 2003/ Signing Off (NDT1) 2003/ Source of Inspiration (NDT1) 2004/ Drawn Onward (NDT1) 2004/ SHBOOM! (NDT1 new version) 2004/ Postscript (NDT2) 2005/ Silent Screen (NDT1) 2005/ Shoot the Moon (NDT1) 2006/ Sleight of Hand (NDT2) 2007/ Sooner or Later (NDT1) 2007/ Same Difference (NDT1) 2007/ Passe-Partout (NDT2) 2009/ Sehnsucht (NDT1) 2009/ Limbo (NDT1) 2009/ Studio Two (NDT2) 2009/ Swansong (NDT1) 2010/ Schmetterling (NDT1) 2010/ Skipping Over Damaged Area (NDT1) 2011/ Short Time Together (HNB) 2012/ Shine a Light (NDT1) 2012/ School of Thought (NDT1) 2013/ Stop Motion (NDT1) 2014/ Spiritwalking (NDT1) 2014/ Sad Case (NDT2 new version) 2014/ Schubert (NDT2) 2014/ Some Other Time (NDT2) 2014/ Short Time Together (Version RDB) 2015/ Shut Eye (NDT1) 2016/ Singuliére Odyssée (NDT1) 2017/ Sisters (NDT1) 2017/ Subtle Dust (NDT1) 2018/ Kunstkamer (NDT1 &2) 2019/She Remembers (NDT1) 2020/ Standby (NDT1 &2) 2020. Semillas Sueltas (Orsolina) 2021. Selvportræt (Kammerballetten) 2021.