Master´s degree in Visual Arts at the National School of Visual Arts (Academia de San Carlos). She has been working as a costume and set designer, as well as art director in theatre, dance, opera, films and TV since 1991, and professor in Visual Arts & Art History since 1993.

In 1994, she achieved the National Literature Award “Salvador Gallardo Dávalos”.

Syrian-Lebanese-Mexican Romany dancer & singer. Her background includes specialized dance studies in Mexico, New York and Istanbul, such as Oriental Dance, Romany Dance, Turkish Folk Dance, Balkan, Armenian & Moroccan Dances, Algerian & Berber, Arabo-andalusí Dances and Flamenco.

Her work has been influenced by international masters such as Nourhan Sharif (U.S.A.), Yousry Sharif (Egypt), Tayyar Akdeniz (Turkey), Patricia Linares (México), Mariano Parra (U.S.A) and Mahmmoud Reda (Egypt).

Director, singer & dancer of the Mexican Gypsy Music & Dance Ensemble Egiptanos
Director of the Oriental Gypsy Music & Dance School, Al Mosharabía and Founder/Director of the Oriental Gypsy Dance Ensemble Cigáni.

Her present work is dedicated to the research and teaching of musical & choreographic Middle Eastern forms, and to the development of Romany cultural expressions from México.

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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.