The ballet Revolución Diamantina, by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, premiered at the Palacio de Bellas Artes on July 4, 2026, with a second performance scheduled for July 5. The work has earned three Grammy Awards and one Latin Grammy, and was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel.
The piece draws from the 2019 feminist mobilizations in Mexico City, known as the Marcha de la Diamantina, and is part of the Pan-American Music Initiative led by Dudamel from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Before reaching the Palacio de Bellas Artes, the work was performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, where it had its world premiere in November 2023, as well as in Boston and Berlin, according to the federal Secretaría de Cultura. For the Mexican and Mexican-American community, the Bellas Artes staging represents a homecoming for a work born from national talent and amplified through one of the most important musical institutions in the United States.
The choreography in Mexico is by Claudia Lavista, in collaboration with Lola Lince and Melva Olivas, three choreographers representing different generations of contemporary Mexican dance. The performance features 12 female dancers and one male dancer from the Centro de Producción de Danza Contemporánea (CEPRODAC), accompanied by the Urtext orchestra under the conducting direction of Lina González-Granados. As reported by El Universal, the staging addresses, across six acts and 42 minutes, the violence women face in public and private spaces, from street harassment to intimate partner violence. The work closes with a scene of collective liberation in which the dancers enact a march, while a young girl climbs over already-conquered obstacles.
The second performance on Sunday, July 5 was rescheduled to 13:00, from the original 17:00, to avoid conflicting with Mexico's national team match against England in the World Cup. A free panel discussion with the creative team also took place on Saturday, July 4, in the Sala Adamo Boari of the venue. The recording of the work, released on the Platoon label, is available on digital platforms.
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