Cayetano Soto began his dance education in Barcelona at the Institut del Teatre and then continued his studies at the Koninklijke Conservatorium in The Hague.

Soto danced with IT Dansa Barcelona in 1997, before joining Ballet Theater Munich a year later. In 2000, he was awarded Best Young Choreographer to Watch by the German magazine Tanz Aktuell
for his first choreography Plenilunio. Since 2005, Soto has received commissions from Nederlands
Dans Theater, Stuttgarter Ballett, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Ballett Zürich, Compañía Nacional de
Danza, le Ballet de l’Opéra national du Capitole, Czech National Ballet, Balé da Cidade de São Paulo, Ballet BC, BJM Montréal, Introdans, and others.

Soto served as Resident Choreographer for Ballet BC from September 2015 for three seasons. In 2006 he was awarded first prize for his ballet 24FPS at the Uncontainable choreography competition at the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Canela Fina was awarded Best Dance Production of 2008.