Nicolás makes his Birmingham Royal Ballet debut as Lighting Designer for Goyo Montero's Chacona, part of the 2021 Curated by Carlos season.

Nicolás studied Lighting Design at RADA, London, and as a Fulbright grant holder at Yale University School of Drama (USA). He has worked at Sanpol Theatre in Madrid and the Spanish National Dance Company (CND), directed by Nacho Duato. He has designed for a wide variety of companies worldwide including many ballet companies across Europe, America, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. He is founder member of the AAI (Spanish professional Lighting Design association) and a member of the Spanish Academy on Scenic Arts. He also lectures at universities in Spain.