Tomorrow Thursday at 19.00 hours, the Instituto Cultural de México in Spain (Carrera de San Jerónimo, 46) presents the flamenco work Versos del destierro, by the Mexican dancer Elisa Mendoza Gilabert.
The work Versos del destierro is based on poems by Spanish authors exiled in Mexico, in the context of the Spanish Civil War. To create it, poems were chosen that were adapted to be musicalized with flamenco style and then choreographed. This show is intended to pay tribute to those poets who were able to continue their life and literary creation in exile, the importance of freedom and the ties between both countries.
The project was carried out with the stimulus “Escénicos Creadores A”, broadcast 2024, of the System of Support for Creation and Cultural Projects of the Secretariat of Culture of the Government of Mexico.
Elisa Mendoza Gilabert began her studies in Spanish dance at the age of 5. She has professional training in ballet, contemporary dance and flamenco. Has attended various courses in both Mexico and Spain. She was certified by the Flamenco School of Andalusia and is currently a teacher in the same program at the headquarters in Mexico, in the academy Tauro Flamenco. He has danced in different venues in Mexico, including the Palace of Fine Arts, the Guillermina Bravo Dance Theatre, the Teatro Ocampo de Morelos, Teatro San Ángel, Museo Soumaya, Museo de Arte Virreinal de Taxco among others. In addition, she was a special guest at the Hispanic Pavilion of the Mosaic Festival in Canada.
In 2024, Elisa Mendoza Gilabert was Event Coordinator of the International Dance Festival MX (Mexico City) and in July 2025 she was awarded at the International Dance Meeting of the Contemporary Iberian Festival (Querétaro, Mexico), where he obtained a scholarship to the prestigious Love of God academy in Madrid.
Currently she is a beneficiary of the program “Escénicos Creadores A”, the System of Support to Creation and Cultural Projects and presented for the first time her show Versos del destierro at the National Center of the Arts in Mexico City.
