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Throughout her career, she portrayed numerous solo roles in works by the most significant choreographers such as Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, August Bournonville, John Cranko, Mikhail Fokin, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, Peter Schaufuss, and Uwe Scholz. She brought her experiences at the Stuttgart Ballet with John Cranko's pieces into her interpretations of roles such as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet or Tatiana in Onegin. During her time at the Staatsballett Berlin, she danced the role of Myrtha in Patrice Bart'sGiselle and the Lilac Fairy in all three productions of Sleeping Beauty. In personal collaboration, she studied choreographies with Patrice Bart, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, Marcia Haydée, Vladimir Malakhov, Hans van Manen, Angelin Preljocaj, Heinz Spoerli, and Víctor Ullate. She was especially involved in creations with choreographers such as Mauro Bigonzetti, David Dawson, Alexander Ekman, Marco Goecke, Douglas Lee, Wayne McGregor, John Neumeier, Alexei Ratmansky, Richard Siegal, and Christian Spuck.

The exceptional artist is the first Latin American dancer to have won the three most important ballet awards in the world: the Prix Benois de la Danse, the Soul of Dance Award, and the Award of the International Ballet Festival "Dance Open" in St. Petersburg.

Elisa Carrillo Cabrera is looking forward to a new chapter in her career: 

«After 25 years in fixed ensembles – for which I am very grateful to the Stuttgart Ballet and the Staatsballett Berlin – I am now very excited to not only continue to guest internationally in the coming years but also to focus on projects that are very close to my heart: introducing dance to as wide a population as possible, promoting young talent, and strengthening cultural exchange through dance.»

Elisa Carrillo Cabrera was born in Texcoco, Mexico, and received her training at the National School of Classical Dance in Mexico and as a scholarship student at the National English Ballet School in London. She began dancing with the Stuttgart Ballet in 1999 and transferred as a Demi-Soloist to the Staatsballett Berlin in 2007. Here, she became a Soloist in 2009 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2011 after her title role in Snow White by Angelin Preljocaj. Since then, she has performed a wide repertoire from classical to contemporary and has guested internationally in countries such as France, Japan, China, the USA, Korea, Italy, Cairo, Switzerland, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Luxembourg.

The Mexican is a star not only on stage. For her contributions to the promotion of the arts in Mexico, she was awarded the country's highest artistic honor, the Medal of Fine Arts. She is the artistic co-director of the national dance company and a member of the UNESCO International Dance Council. A scholarship program named after her enables ballet students to spend a year studying at renowned schools abroad. Since 2012, she has been hosting the gala "Elisa and Friends" and presenting a program with international ballet stars. In March of this year, she led a ballet class for more than 5,000 participants in the central square Zócalo in Mexico City as part of International Women's Day. In 2024, Forbes Magazine counts her among the 100 most influential women in Mexico.