Salle de danse

Ballet and dance

Salle de dance was originally choreographed as a film by Lightfoot during the pandemic in homage to the balletic art form. Drawing on a dancer's daily study of ballet class, Leon and Lightfoot reimagine it with their uniquely fluid choreographic passion, sometimes integrating whispers of another reality

Two people wearing all black clothing sit on the floor of a wooden paneled room – one wears a long leather jacket. The top half of the room is light coloured panel and the bottom half is dark coloured paneling. The image is black and white and is from a press shoot for Sol León and Paul Lightfoot’s production So are We at The Royal Ballet.  
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The artists and creatives behind the production

Choreography

Sol León, Paul Lightfoot

Music

Ilya Demutsky

Set, Costume and Lighting Designers

Sol León, Paul Lightfoot

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The works of Sol León and Paul Lightfoot have a uniquely characteristic movement language that is fluid yet angular, soft and weightless yet simmering with tension. Their choreography has been performed all over the world, most notably by Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT), where León and Lightfoot were house choreographers from 2002-20. They have created over 50 works for the Dutch contemporary company.  

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