Orlando Molina was born in Guane, Pinar del Rio-Cuba. He began his ballet training at the age of 10 at the Vocational School of Art where he studied for five years. In 1987 he was accepted into the National Ballet School in Habana. After 3 years he received his Diploma as a Dancer/Teacher from the Cuban School of Ballet.
In 1993 after been released from the Cuban military he joined the Ballet Clasico de la Habana (formerly Joven Guardia under the direction of Laura Alonzo).

In 1995 Orlando toured to Peru where he stayed and worked with the Ballet School of Chiclayo and I.N.C. School of Ballet.

In 1996 at the age of 24 he became Ballet Master of the I.N.C. Ballet Company. During this period Orlando restaged various ballets such as Don Quixote, Coppelia, Diana and Acteon, Le Fille Mal Gardee, La Sylphide, Pas de Quatre, and other contemporary works.

From 1997 to 1998 Orlando joined the Ballet Municipal de Lima as a principal dancer under the direction of Lucy Telge and trained with the renown Russian teacher Mikhail Koukharev. During this time he performed many classical and modern ballets in which he danced these important roles:

In July 1998 Orlando competed at the USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi.  At the end of the competition he was offered a contract from the renown choreographer and artistic director Denis Nahat to join the Cleveland San Jose Ballet. In October 2000 after two seasons with CSJB Orlando auditioned for the Orlando Ballet ( formerly Southern Ballet Theatre) under the direction of Fernando Bujones. For the 2002-2003 season Orlando was appointed by Mr. Bujones as Ballet Master of Orlando Ballet. In 2003 Orlando coached Joseph Gatti (Senior Soloist Corella Ballet, Spain).

In October 2007 Mr. Molina left Orlando Ballet and joined Focus Performing Arts Center and Pulse Performing Arts Studio in Orlando, FL as ballet master. During this time Mr. Molina coached various students as Ryan Nusear ( Harid Conservatory 2008) Jessica Hayes (Orlando Ballet School 2008) and Gabriel Maxwell (Metropolitan Ballet Theatre, GA 2008) In August 2008 Mr. Molina joined Metropolitan Ballet Theatre in Alpharetta, GA. under the direction of Maniya Barredo.

Mr. Orlando Molina is an ABT Certified Teacher, who has succesfully completed the ABT Teacher Training Intensive in Primary through level 7 and Partnering of the ABT National Training Curriculum.

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