Artista Plástico egresada de la Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San Carlos). Escenógrafa, Diseñadora de Vestuario y Directora de Arte en Teatro, Danza, Ópera, Cine y Televisión desde 1991. Catedrático en Artes Visuales e Historia del Arte desde 1993. Premio Nacional de Literatura Salvador Gallardo Dávalos en el género de Narrativa (1994).

Bailarina y cantante de origen gitano sirio-libanés. Ha estudiado diversas especialidades en México, Nueva York y Estambul, entre las cuales figuran: Danza Oriental (Raks Sharqi), Danza Rom, Danzas Folkóricas de Turquía y los Balkanes, Danzas de Armenia y Marruecos, Danza Argelina, Danza Berebere,Danza Arabo-andalusí y Danza Flamenca.

Los maestros que han influido determinantemente en su trabajo son: Nourhan Sharif (E.U.), Yousry Sharif (Egipto), Tayyar Akdeniz (Turquía), Patricia Linares (México), Mariano Parra (E.U.) y Mahmmoud Reda (Egipto).
Directora e intérprete del Ensamble de Música y Danza Gitana, Egiptanos.
Directora del Estudio de Danza Gitana Oriental al Mosharabía.
Directora del Ensamble de Danza Gitana, Cigáni.

Su trabajo actual está dedicado a la investigación y docencia de formas coreográficas y vocales del Medio Oriente, así como a la recopilación y desarrollo de la Música y Danza Gitana en México.

Comentarios acerca de mi trabajo:

Seldom in my lifetime have I encountered such a multi-talented person such as Lila Zellet.
A singer, dancer and graphic artist, all of equal professional quality
Along with a sensitivity and instinct for what is "ART".
Mariano Parra
Flamenco Dancer& Choreographer New York, N.Y.

Lila Zellet Elias, is a passionate artist - brimming with talent in many realms. She sings, she dances, she creates and her spirit is boundless. She draws on her Romany roots and fuses her talent and her cultural inheritance to create wonderful and thought provoking performances.
Tayyar Akdeniz
Turkish Folk dancer & Musician, Turkey.

Lila Zellet is a woman of the lungo drom & cante jondo! Her home is her life and her life is her art... Lila's Romany and Andalusian roots infuse her artistic soul as a visual artist, singer, teacher, troupe leader, and gitana. She is the perfect student, dedicated and hard working.... She is a born leader....
As a performer, Lila channels duende, igniting audiences with the purity and passion of her fire! Her search for roots and meaning creates honest & intentional movements. Her fussion of Flamenco and Oriental dance and music with the Romany culture it sprang from, makes her a visionary artist.... Faithful yet fresh, Lila honors the old traditions of the past, and, dances us into the present and future! She is a unique and contemporary artist for our time I look forward to seeing her blossom…and I am happy to help her along the journey!

Your dance Mom
Nourhan Sharif
Oriental Dancer & Choreographer, Egyptian Academy of New York.