He says he will either audition for a new company or attend a master’s degree program geared toward professional dancers transitioning to teaching. Now in his eighth season with Verb, Morillo is looking at his next steps. There’s a lot more companies (that) have many other dancers where there’s a lot of people just waiting on the side or they’re understudies.” “It’s hard, but I feel it’s so gratifying and so fulfilling to really be able to be invested in the work and not feel like you’re kind of waiting around all the time for a role. “The diverse works, the small company, everybody is working with everybody,” he says. Morillo says he likes the way Verb functions due to its diverse repertoire and its intimate size.
He then has performances on Fridays and Saturdays.
It’s been difficult, but I would say once I joined Verb, that kind of really helped me become even more well-rounded than I already was because the repertory is so diverse.”Ī typical day for Morillo at Verb consists of class in the mornings starting at 10 a.m., and then multiple rehearsal sessions stretching until 4 p.m. “My ability to achieve different qualities in my movement and try to expand my mind as much as I can. “For me personally, I’ve just tried to search my weakest points in my technique or in my dynamics,” Morillo says. He improves his technique by constantly challenging himself to try new things. I wasn’t natural at turning or doing any kind of balletic stuff. I wasn’t the best in the room, I wasn’t a natural dancer. I mean, there’s a lot of times where I’ve just outworked the people around me. “It doesn’t matter what level you come in at (or) what age you come in at, it really matters how hungry you are and how hard working you are.
He says he believes his commitment to the art of dance has propelled him in his career rather than his natural-born ability. “There were no dance schools on the bases I was at, so I didn’t even know dance was a career until I was living off military bases in Orlando,” he says. He spent the early years of his life moving around different military bases as his father was in the military for 23 years. Morillo had difficulty mastering classical abilities due to his late introduction to ballet, he says. “I do enjoy contemporary work I would say more than a classical piece, but I always welcome the challenge to better my classical abilities.” “I pride myself on my versatility and my artistry as a storyteller, and that’s really what I would focus on as a performer,” Morillo says. He says his knowledge of different styles has led him to identify as a repertory dancer. He has been trained in modern, jazz and contemporary, along with having Martha Graham modern dance and Limón technique training. Morillo describes himself as an “eclectic” dancer. “Really focusing on how the teachers were delivering the material and watching the different processes with each choreographer.” “It’s taken me many years to overcome that serious injury, but I’m stronger than ever and I feel like it helped me so much to become a better performer and teacher by watching the company and seeing how other people make this difficult profession work on a day-to-day basis,” he says. “So, I broke my ankle and my fibula, and I had about eight to 10 months before I was back with the company.”ĭespite this setback, and the fact that Morillo was stationed to a wheelchair, he choreographed a group piece featured in the Martha Graham Dance Company’s “Next at Graham” show in New York City. “I actually broke my leg on stage while performing in Tremont at Lincoln Park,” he recalls.
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