Sol Garcia is a performer, choreographer and teacher based in Portugal. Her artistic practice is deeply rooted in movement research, physical dramaturgy, and the exploration of interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary dance. With a focus on somatic awareness and emotional depth, her work navigates the intersections of body, memory, and space, often incorporating elements of video, sound, and scenography.
Committed to collaborative and process-driven creation, Sol has worked across various artistic contexts, fostering dialogues between dance, sound, science, and technology. She engages in educational and mentorship roles, sharing her expertise in movement methodologies and creative processes.
BA in Dance at Escola Superior de Dança. She began her dance studies through Urban Dances. She was a member of the Dance2xs Portugal group in 2005, where she worked with choreographers such as Patrick Chen (Chicago), Sky Hoffman (L.A.), and Napoleon and Tabitha (L.A.). That same year, she performed as a dancer at the MTV European Music Awards.
In 2006, she won the Nike Women Portugal competition and was selected as the Portuguese representative to participate in the semi-final in Amsterdam.
She was a guest performer for the projects Feinprobe Honigsüss – The Oversweet Experience and The Movement of Our Roots in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany, in 2008/2009 and 2010.
Since 2009, she has been working as a performer, participating in creations by Victor Hugo Pontes, Benvindo Fonseca, Tiago Rodrigues, Hofesh Shechter, Olga Roriz, Companhia Erva Daninha, Nuno Preto, Albano Jerónimo, Joana Providência, Companhia Instável, Clara Andermatt, João Lucas, and Roberto Olivan.
As a creator, she highlights small-scale projects such as Vanilla?…Not! (2013), Femme Fatale (2014), Porque é que o céu é azul? (2016), Morro Amanhã (2016), Fille Dans le Vent (2017), and Paisagem (2017).
Since 2014, she has been a teacher at FAICC (Advanced Training in Interpretation and Choreographic Creation), produced by Companhia Instável.
From 2015 to 2019, she directed the Companhia Jovem Dancenter in Aveiro.
Winner of the 2nd edition of the television program So You Think You Can Dance ? (PT).
In 2018, she completed a Master’s in Contemporary Artistic Creation at the University of Aveiro.
In 2019, she was a teacher at LabInDança, under the artistic coordination of Clara Andermatt.
She also collaborated as a movement and interpretation assistant at “Nós quem somos?” – Associação Onda Amarela, “LULU” – Nuno M Cardoso, 8th anniversary from Casa da Arquitectura, “Kengo Kuma exhibition” – Ana Figueira.
In 2024, she joins the cast of the film A Pedra Sonha Dar Flor, by Rodrigo Areias, and the European Collective for Research in Contemporary Dance, iCoDaCo – International Contemporary Dance Collective.
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