This is Laila’s film acting debut, her many years of stage shows has made her a natural for this performance. Her passion and beauty fills the screen. The dance she performs was choreographed by Laila solely for Soledad.

Laila started dancing at the age of six, primarily tzigane (Romanian Gypsy dancing). At the age of ten she danced at the Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris. During her childhood and her early teens, she performed in major venues such as Theatre de la Rose Croix, Theatre de la Sorbonne, theatre Montpensier in Versailles, theatre Maurice Ravel...and toured France with the companies of Irina Grjbina and Gerard Madilian. She was raised in Paris and Formentera, Spain. Flamenco as an art form first came into her consciousness when as a child she was in Sevilla and danced tzigane in a pena for flamenco gypsy musicians. They were amazed at the similarity of "Spirit" between flamenco and tzigane and encouraged her to pursue famenco dancing.

The turning point in her artistic career occurred when she met the flamenco gypsy dancer, Juan Ramirez, and decided to focus all her energies towards flamenco. There and then she journeyed to Madrid and studied at Amor de Dios.

She absorbed the essence of Flamenco in a non academic, informal way by living in Barcelona with the great gypsy dancer la Chana.. There were also many nights of juerga at the del Montes with Juan Ramirez and flamenco guitarist Pepe Habichuela.

Laila del Monte has performed with her husband, Adam del Monte, in many important venues: Casa Patas, Madrid on several occasions where she was most favorably reviewed by Spain's acclaimed flamenco critic, Angel Alvarez Caballero, the 500th anniversary of Columbus celebrations in Paris & Madrid Spain's premier TV stations: "Tabla Redonda" canal 1. Este es su casa" canal 1 and "Viva Madrid" canal 3: the international Guitar Festival of Israel. Etc.

In 1993 Laila & Adam del Monte came to America and centered their famenco endeavors in and around Los Angeles. Where she has danced at the Mark Taper Forum, the Wilshire Theater, 93, 98, Luckman & Ford theaters in the Dance Kaleidoscope Festivals'95,'96,'97; and many many more