Fidel E. Orrillo Puga

Fidel Ernesto Orrillo Puga, born in Lima, Peru, started his early dance education with his aunt
and uncle Stella and Jose Puga (students of the famous étoile from the Paris Opera House
Roger Fenonjois, )…
“I greatly cherish the memories of my childhood, my mother calling and looking for me and I
totally losing track of time, lying down in the floor of my aunt’s Ballet studios enjoying myself
seeing her rehearse with my uncle and her company…Giselle was always one of my favorites”.
At age 13 he received a 4 years scholarship to the renowned “Cuban National Ballet School” in
Havana, Cuba, directed by Alicia Alonso; there he trained under the supervision of Martha
Bosch Fernandez, Clara Carranco, Laura Alonso, Ramona de Saa, Joaquín Banegas, Rodolfo
Castellanos, Lazaro Carreño, Andrés Williams and others; during his time in the school he
performed school Ballet productions like : The Blue Coachman, Graduation Ball, The
Nutcracker, Raymonda, Paquita…etc During his graduation year he performed in the Ballets
Giselle, Swan Lake,Coppelia …etc with The Ballet National of Cuba.
Fidel Graduated with high marks from the Cuban National Ballet School in 1988 with a degree
in: Ballet Dancer/Teacher.
“We were trained to become not only Professional Ballet Dancers, but also Ballet teachers, that
is why I teach following the Cuban Ballet School syllabus and pride myself on following the
strict parameters, quality and order of the syllabus of one of the more renowned schools on
the planet; a school, that has produced principal dancers that are in all the best companies of
the world…”.
The year of his Graduation, and starting his Professional Career He was offered a contract with
the Ballet of Camagüey in Cuba, where he danced for 4 years under the direction of Fernando
Alonso, he trained with mr. Alonso and Hilda Martínez among others and work with renowned
National and international choreographers before receiving an invitation in1992 to return to his
home country to dance in the newly created Ballet of the Municipal Theater of Trujillo City in
Perú.
Mr. Orrillo has danced in several companies in South America and the Caribbean as a guest
Artist and most recently was a Soloist in Ballet del Teatro Municipal in Trujillo, Peru and a
Principal Dancer in Ballet National of Peru (I.N.C.), Lima, Peru. While in Lima in the Ballet
National he worked in two different choreographic endeavors with a Spanish choreographer
who lived and worked in France, Martin Padrón who invited him to dance with him in Paris and
later in a second occasion in Spain.
Mr. Orrillo has a total of 33 years of experience teaching Ballet Classes, he taught in Perú,
Brazil, Spain and USA.
From his arrive in the USA in 2004 , Fidel has been working with the Draper Center for Dance
Education in Rochester, New York, USA; teaching Classes of: Classical Ballet, Pas de Deux
and coaching and rehearsing 21 generations of Draper alumni.
“…21 delightful years of forming many Draper generations of Dancers…”
“ … after 8 years of training education in Ballet and professional experience in Cuba, I started
teaching at 23 years old at the school of the Ballet of the Municipal Theater of Trujillo; Under
the direction and guidance of the renowned Peruvian Director and choreographer Stella
Puga…I am 56 years old now and so proud of all the great work achieved in these 21 years
working in The Draper Center for Dance education under the leadership of Jamey Leverret… I
know for a fact that the Classical and Contemporary foundation that we give to the Draper
students is supporting them in their future dance careers… like my alma mater in Havana the
Draper Center school have dancers all over the USA and the world and I am so proud to be
part of this. “

Professional repertoire:
Ballet:
Coppelia, Giselle, Paquita, Raymonda, Swan Lake, sleeping Beauty, Diana and Acteon, Flames
of Paris, Grand Pas Classique, La Fille Mal Gardée, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Corsaire, Don
Quixote, Flower Festival In Genzano, The Specter of the Rose, Walpurgis nacht…etc.

Contemporary:
Que Llueva Café, Tommy, Requiem, Marinera, Quitasueños, Revoltango, Gala, A Chorus Line,
Desde a Por, Axon, Aguas primaverales, Dias de Locura, Carmen, Angustia, Cori Quenti, Paso
a Dos, Rosamunda, Achirana, Ofelia, Majisimo, Pedro y el Lobo, Vallejo en la Memoria, Clase
de Danza, Sin Razon, Duo, Evocacion, Pajaro Campana, The wait …etc.

Dance Guest appearances:
Dance festival in Bolivia, 2 Dance festivals in Cuba, School of Ballet Azucena Lechuga in
Peru ,National ballet Company in Dominican Republic, Ballet of the Island “Vitoria” in Brazil,
Ballet of the island “Beautiful Villa” in Brazil, 3 times to the Dance festival of Madrid in Spain, 2
complete Tours to all the Canary Islands with Martin Padron Dance Company, Festival of
Laguna Beach in California, Ballet of the I.N.C. in Peru

Teaching guest appearances:
School of Ballet Azucena Lechuga in Peru, School of ballet From I.N.C. in Peru, School of
Ballet from “Beautiful Villa” in Brazil, Neglia Ballet Artists in Buffalo, Ballet Hispanico in NYC,
Otto M. Budig Academy of Cincinnati Ballet in Cincinnati, New Albany Ballet School in Ohio,
Ballet Master Rochester City Ballet, Adjunct Ballet teacher in Nazareth University.

Mr. Orrillo is also a guest artist with the Rochester City Ballet production of the nutcracker.