Sergio Trujillo Discusses Passion for Choreography with the Toronto Star

Renowned choreographer Sergio Trujillo could have chosen to continue his career as a dancer; instead he opted to step behind the lights and focus his talents as choreographer. As the Toronto star reports, with Trujillo providing the musical staging for six major shows that have opened around the world in the past year, his career decision has definitely paid off.

Trujillo points out that the decisive moment came when he was dancing 'Bojangles' in a production of Fosse about 10 years ago, "He was a melancholy man at the end of a long life of dancing, and as I made that journey, night after night, I thought, `Is this how I really want to end up 35 years from now?'"

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The Colombia-born Sergio Trujillo is an internationally recognized choreographer whose work has been seen all across North America, Europe, and Asia. Sergio Trujillo choreographed the 2006 Tony Award Best Musical, Jersey Boys, for which he received both Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, and the Broadway musical All Shook Up. His most recent theatre credits include: Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse), Saved (Playwrights Horizons), Next to Normal (Second Stage), The Wiz (La Jolla Playhouse) and Zhivago (La Jolla Playhouse). In addition Sergio received critical acclaim for his dances in Mambo Kings (Golden Theatre, San Francisco). Other theatre credits; Disney's European smash-hit Tarzan, the national tour of All Shook Up, Kismet and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (both for Encores!),the Off-Broadway Musicals Bare and The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Peggy Sue Got Married at London's West End and the revival of the Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate in Tokyo, Japan. In Canada, Sergio choreographed the revival of the Sound of Music and the critically acclaimed production of West Side Story at the Stratford Festival. His upcoming projects include The Adams Family and Memphis, both bound for Broadway.