Elisa Carrillo Cabrera

Elisa Carrillo Cabrera
During meeting with Mexican President (2018)
Born1981 (age 43–44)
Texcoco, State of Mexico
Occupationballet dancer
Years active1999-present
Career
Current groupBerlin State Ballet
Mexican National Dance Company
Former groupsStuttgart Ballet
Websiteelisacarrillocabrera.com

Elisa Carrillo Cabrera (born 1981) is a Mexican classical ballet dancer. She is a co-director of the Mexican National Dance Company[1] and principal dancer with the Berlin State Ballet (since 2011).

Early life and training

Carrillo was born in Texcoco, State of Mexico, and attended the Escuela de iniciación artística número 1, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura between 1988 and 1990, when she began her studies at the Escuela Nacional de Danza Clásica y Contemporánea, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura. In 1997, Carrillo moved to the United Kingdom, enrolling at the English National Ballet School until 1999. She was designed a Master of Ballet by the Ministry of Education of the Federal Republic of Germany, after she completed training at the John Cranko Schule Stuttgart, Germany between 2001 and 2003.

Professional career

Carrillo joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 1999 as a member of the corps de ballet. Prior to leaving the troupe in 2007, she was named a soloist. Following her departure from the Stuttgart Ballet, Carrillo joined the Berlin State Ballet as a demi-soloist, becoming principal dancer in 2011.[2]

She is the artistic director of Sir Anton Dolin Foundation.[3]

Carrillo founded the Elisa Carrillo Cabrera Foundation to allow other Mexican dancers opportunities to train abroad, and since 2018, host an annual international dance festival Danzatlán which includes the gala event Elisa y Amigos.[4][5]

In 2019, she won the Prix Benois de la Danse for Juliet in Nacho Duato's Romeo and Juliet.[6] Carrillo is the second Mexican dancer to be awarded the Benois, after Isaac Hernández won it the previous year. She is also the first Latin American woman to win.[7]

Carrillo has made guest appearances in Paris, Japan, China, USA, Korea, Italy, Cairo, Switzerland, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Luxembourg.[2]

Select repertoire

Carrillo's repertoire includes:[2]

Awards

Personal life

Carrillo is married to Mikhail Kaniskin, a fellow principal dancer with Berlin State Ballet.

References

  1. ^ "Nombran a Elisa Carrillo codirectora de la Compañía Nacional de Danza". El Universal (in Spanish). February 15, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Elisa Carillo Cabrera". Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Sir Anton Dolin Foundation - Members". Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  4. ^ "Deeply Rooted: Staatsballett Berlin's Elisa Carrillo Cabrera Celebrates Her Mexican Heritage". January 29, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Meet Elisa Carrillo Mexican woman win ballet top prize". Archived from the original on May 29, 2019.
  6. ^ "Benois de la Danse". Archived from the original on November 13, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  7. ^ "Mexican dancer Elisa Carrillo wins prestigious ballet prize". Mexico Daily News. May 22, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  8. ^ "International Ballet Festival 2013 – Dance Open – St Petersburg". DanceTabs. May 21, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  9. ^ "Elisa Carrillo receives "Soul of Dance" award in Russia". El Universal. May 2, 2019. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.