International Festival: how the loss of Nederlands Dans Theater’s home inspired new work

Few things mark the passing of time more acutely than the growth of a child. In 2006, when Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) last performed at the Edinburgh International Festival, a six-year-old girl loomed large on a screen during Silent Scream – a work by choreographic duo Sol León and Paul Lightfoot. Eleven years later, when the company returns, we’ll see that same little girl – only this time she’s a teenager. For most people watching, the change in young Saura will be irrelevant, but for León and Lightfoot – her parents – it’s a deeply emotional experience.