Elisa Mestres
corps de ballet
Born in Paris and trained at the Studio Skouratoff in Montpellier and at the Heinz Bosl Foundation in Munich, Elisa won gold medals at the international ballet competitions in Grasse and Biarritz and reached the semi-finals of the 36th Prix de Lausanne. She launched her professional career in the 2010/2011 season as a scholarship holder of the Heinz Bosl Foundation and danced as a trainee of Bayerisches Staatsballett and Bayerisches Staatsballett II in the 2012/2013 season. Elisa Mestres has been a member of the corps de ballet since the beginning of the 2013/2014 season.
(Information as of February 2025)
Roles and Soli in the 2024/25 season
Spiele der Annäherung (KV 571/1) in Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
Bathilde in Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Pas de six in Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Selected previous Roles and Soli
NITXT (R. Siegal)
Odaliske in Le Corsaire (M. Petipa/I. Liška)
Grand Pas in La Bayadère (M. Petipa/P. Bart)
Dancer in Kairos - Portrait Wayne McGregor (W. McGregor)
Mother / Queen of Hearts in Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland (C. Wheeldon)
Lady of the Street in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
Dancer in DUO (N. Linning)
Dancer in Paradigma: Bedroom Folk (S. Eyal)
Dancer in Passages: Sweet Bones' Melody (M. Goecke)
Dancer in dunkelgrau (Ö. Ayik)
Dancer in to get to become (P. Kratz)
Dancer in Romeo and Juliet (J. Cranko)
Dancer in Giselle (P. Wright)
Dancer in Swan Lake (R. Barra)
Dancer in A Midsummer Night's Dream (J. Neumeier)
Dancer in Nutcracker (J. Neumeier)
Dancer in Coppélia (R. Petit)
Dancer in The Blizzard (A. Kaydanovskiy)
Dancer in Cinderella (C.Wheeldon)
Dancer in Tchaikovsky Overtures (A. Ratmansky)
Dancer in Raymonda (R. Barra)
Dancer in Onegin (J. Cranko)
Dancer in Don Quijote (R. Barra)
Dancer in Anna Karenina (C. Spuck)
Dancer in Jewels: Rubies (G. Balanchine)
Dancer in Fille mal gardée (F. Ashton)
Dancer in Lady of the Camellias (J. Neumeier)
Dancer in Sinfonie in C (G. Balanchine)
Dancer in Junge Choreographen: Waste Choreographie (S. Pechar)
Dancer in Heute ist morgen: To get to become (P. Kratz)
Dancer in One Upon an Ever After (T. Kohler)
Dancer in Le Grand Sot (M. Motin)
Dancer in Paquita/Grand Pas Classique (M. Petipa)
Dancer, 1st solo in Le Parc (A. Preljocaj)
Dancer in Duato/Skeels/Eyal: Autodance (S. Eyal)
Dancer in Sphären.02: Skinny Hearts (E. Hue)