ELENA
PUCHOL
SOLA
Elena is a freelance artist based in Madrid
She develops her own choreographic work, works as a performer for other artists, collectives and dance companies and as a freelance film maker. She is interested in exploring the dehumanization of the body through visual dramaturges. Her researches are also around discovering new paths of movement to help the unconsciousness and the unknown of the connection between mind, soul and body. She transforms the ideas into contemporary choreography for live performances and movement film projects
About Elena
Elena Puchol Sola (1996 Valencia, Spain) is a freelance artist from Valencia, based in Madrid who works across contemporary dance, choreography, audiovisual media, and production. Elena's training began with classical dance at the Professional Dance Conservatory of Valencia, followed by contemporary dance studies at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in London, where she earned a BAH (HONS) Degree. She later graduated in Performing Arts at the María de Ávila Higher Conservatory of Dance in Madrid (2023), while simultaneously pursuing a degree in Audiovisual and Live Show Production at IFPMadrid.
Elena develops her own choreographic work in Spain, Europe, and the United States, and has been invited to create and restage pieces for companies such as La Joven de Castilla y León, DANTZAZ, and the American Dance Festival, among others. She has received numerous awards in national and international choreographic competitions. Among her most recent accomplishments are the First Prize at the IV Solo Improvisa Competition at Sala Cuarta Pared, Madrid (2024). Her piece No hay hueco en el jardín was awarded First Prize at the XI DanzaXtrema Choreographic Competition (2024), Best Work at the Cáceres International Dance Festival (2024), the Migrats Prize and Young Artist Mention at the 10 Sentidos Festival (2023), as well as five awards at the 36th edition of the Madrid Choreographic Competition (2023). In addition, her piece Ryttarna received Third Prize at the 20th Burgos-New York Choreography Competition (2022).
In parallel, she works as a production director at ELAMOR, specializes in motion capture, and manages several co-founded businesses: Bscene, where she serves as Artistic Director of Production under the parent company Branda; LASOLADRÓN, a performance duo with Paco Ladrón de Guevara; and MOUO DELIGHTS, a company focused on the import of specialty green coffee.
She is currently on tour with her solo work MOM, I AM A RICH MAN and its short version When I Grow Up, and is developing her new piece La Culpa, supported by INJUVE’s Young Creation Grant, the Centro Coreográfico Canal, and TAI University Madrid, which will be premiered in February 2026 at Cuarta Pared, Madrid.
