Shows

Mexico City, Ciudad de México

Ballet Folklórico de México is the most celebrated folk dance company in the world — Amalia Hernández's legendary company presenting the complete spectrum of Mexican indigenous and regional dance traditions (from Aztec dances to Jaracho son to Jalisco mariachi) in the magnificent Palacio de Bellas Artes. Ballet Folklórico's extraordinary representation of Mexico's 68 indigenous cultures through dance and the Palacio's incomparable setting create performing arts experiences of singular Mexican cultural identity significance.

Av. Juárez s/n, Centro Histórico, CDMX 06050

Mexico City, Ciudad de México

Compañía Nacional de Danza is Mexico's most important contemporary dance company — a national institution presenting outstanding contemporary and classical ballet performances. Mexico's remarkable dance heritage (from pre-Columbian ritual dance to contemporary choreography) and the Compañía's extraordinary artistic programming create dance performances of genuine Mexican performing arts cultural significance.

Campos Elíseos 480, Polanco, CDMX 11560

Mexico City, Ciudad de México

El Lunario is Mexico City's premier intimate jazz and world music venue — an Auditorio Nacional subsidiary presenting outstanding jazz, world music, and acoustic performances in a beautifully designed 1,200-seat room adjacent to the main Auditorio arena. El Lunario's extraordinary acoustics, its exceptional programming of world-class jazz and world music artists, and its remarkable Chapultepec setting create a performing arts venue of genuine Mexican jazz and world music significance.

Paseo de la Reforma 50, Bosque de Chapultepec, CDMX 11580

Mexico City, Ciudad de México

Mexico City's extraordinary independent theater scene reflects one of the most vibrant theatrical cultures in the Spanish-speaking world — a city where hundreds of independent theater companies produce outstanding work in venues ranging from converted cantinas to purpose-built experimental spaces throughout the Roma Norte, Condesa, and Centro Histórico neighborhoods. Mexico City's remarkable theater culture and its outstanding concentration of theatrical talent create performing arts experiences of genuine Latin American theatrical significance.

Calle Tabasco 152, Roma Norte, CDMX 06700

Mexico City, Ciudad de México

Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM performs at Sala Nezahualcóyotl — Mexico's finest concert hall, located at the remarkable Ciudad Universitaria (a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most architecturally significant university campuses in the world, featuring murals by Diego Rivera and Juan O'Gorman). OFUNAM's exceptional musical programming and the UNAM campus's extraordinary cultural significance create classical music experiences of genuine Mexican academic and cultural heritage significance.

Av. Insurgentes Sur 3000, CU, Coyoacán, CDMX 04360

Mexico City, Ciudad de México

Palacio de Bellas Artes is the most magnificent cultural building in Latin America — a Mexico City arts palace whose extraordinary Italian marble exterior (Art Nouveau) and equally spectacular Art Deco interior house the country's most important collection of Mexican muralist art (Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros, and Tamayo all have monumental works here) alongside the Mexican National Opera and National Symphony. The Palacio's extraordinary murals, its remarkable Art Deco interior design (one of the finest Art Deco theaters in the world), and its role as Mexico's most important performing arts venue create a showroom of singular Latin American cultural heritage significance.

Av. Juárez s/n, Centro Histórico, CDMX 06050

Mexico City, Ciudad de México

Compañía Nacional de Ópera performs in the Palacio de Bellas Artes — Mexico's national opera company presenting outstanding productions in the most beautiful opera house in Latin America. Mexico's remarkable operatic tradition (the tenor Rolando Villazón is among Mexico's greatest contributions to world opera) and the Palacio's extraordinary Art Deco interior create opera performances of considerable Mexican cultural heritage significance.

Av. Juárez s/n, Centro, CDMX 06050

Guanajuato, Guanajuato

Festival Internacional Cervantino is the most important cultural festival in Latin America — a three-week Guanajuato event presenting the world's finest theater, dance, music, and visual arts companies in the most beautiful colonial silver-mining city in Mexico. Guanajuato's extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage Site city (built literally on tunnels that served as the original streets before the city was flooded) and the Festival's remarkable 50+ year tradition of presenting world-class arts create performing arts experiences of singular Latin American cultural significance.

Various Venues, Guanajuato, Gto 36000

Guanajuato, Guanajuato

Teatro Juárez is Mexico's most spectacular small theater — a Guanajuato neo-Moorish and Neoclassical theater (1903) whose extraordinary interior (combining Louis XVI French design with Moorish mosaics) serves as the premier venue of the Festival Internacional Cervantino, the most important performing arts festival in Latin America. The Festival Cervantino's remarkable annual gathering of the world's finest theatrical, musical, and dance companies and Teatro Juárez's extraordinary architectural character create performing arts experiences of singular Latin American cultural festival significance.

Subterraneos, Guanajuato, Gto 36000

Guadalajara, Jalisco

Teatro Degollado is the most beautiful 19th-century theater in Mexico — a Guadalajara neoclassical opera house (1866) where the ceiling fresco depicting the fourth canto of Dante's Divine Comedy and the extraordinary Italian neo-Renaissance architecture create one of the finest theater interiors in Latin America. Teatro Degollado's remarkable architectural splendor and its extraordinary presentation of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco and visiting opera companies create a performing arts venue of genuine Mexican cultural heritage significance.

Calle Degollado, Guadalajara, Jal 44100