Sol Garcia

Sol Garcia is a performer, choreographer and teacher in the field of contemporary dance and performance. She holds a bachelor’s degree in dance from the Escola Superior de Dança and a master’s degree in contemporary artistic creation from the University of Aveiro. She began her career in urban and social dance, joining the group Dance2xs Portugal and performing at the MTV European Music Awards. In 2006, she won the Nike Women Portugal competition and, later, the second series of the television programme So You Think You Can Dance? Portugal. Since 2009, she has been working as a performer, collaborating with artists and companies such as Victor Hugo Pontes, Tiago Rodrigues, Hofesh Shechter, Olga Roriz, Companhia Erva Daninha, Joana Providência, Clara Andermatt, Companhia Instável, Albano Jerónimo, Nuno Preto, João Lucas and Roberto Olivan. In 2024, she joined the cast of Rodrigo Areias’s film A Pedra Sonha Dar Flor and the European contemporary dance research collective iCoDaCo — International Contemporary Dance Collective. As a creator, she develops a practice centred on the relationship between the body, memory, ancestry and community-based creation, exploring the body as a living archive and a poetic territory.