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Jorge L. Morejón is a Lecturer of Dance at the Frost School of Music. He received his bachelor’s degree in Special Education from Florida International University with a focus in Dance in 1998, and was awarded his Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies from the University of Miami in 2006.

Dr. Morejón started dancing with Creation Ballet Dance Company in Gasping in Oblivion and Bolero Suite. He was invited to the Florida Dance Festival where he was lead dancer/actor in Sleepless City. He dance the role of High Priest in La Bayadère withBallet Theatre of Miami. He made his opera debut in Turandot with the Greater Miami Opera Chorus performing in Caballeria Rusticana, Pagliacci and Christophoro Colombus. In 2000, he did Master level work in Expressive Arts Therapy at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and in 2004 he opened the Performance Space Camera Obscura in Little Havana where he directed Three Greek Women and Rabinal Achi.

Following his graduation from UM in 2006, he moved to Toronto where he started his doctoral program in Theatre Studies where he performed in Seven Against Thebes and co-choreographed Mirrored Spaces. In 2008, he transferred to the University of California, Davis and completed his Ph.D. in Performance Studies. While in California, Dr. Morejón performed with the Montalvo Arts Center in Divide Light: A New Opera and with Side Show Physical Theatre in The Ten PM Dreams and the Elephants Graveyard. He also performed in The Winter’s Tale and Hinterland with UC Davis’ Theatre and Dance Department. In addition, he performed and choreographed My Hands / Tus Brazos with Linda Bair’s Dance Company.

Dr. Morejón got his start in television when he appeared on the soap operas “Angelica Mi Vida” and “Guadalupe” on the Telemundo network. His professional theatre debut took place in Maria Antonia at Teatro de Bellas Artes and The Maids with Creation Art Center, Miami.

After completing his Ph.D. in 2011, Dr. Morejón became Lecturer and Dance Coordinator at the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. There he choreographed and directed productions such as Re-Awakening the Caribbean Spirit, Maria Antonia and The Areito Restoration Project. He also directed and produced the Fete dela Dance and Soul to Sole Festivals. In 2014, he performed in the Innerloop Performance Project in Miami and in The Healing Power of Expression for the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is currently working towards his certification in Dance/Movement Therapy with a Master in Social Work at the University of Central Florida. Currently, he is directing and performing the international theater project Side Show Freaks and Other Injuns to open in 2018.

Jorge L Morejon

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