[2][5][6] One of her frequent partner at the school was José Manuel Carreño, who became a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.
After spending a year in the corps de ballet, she was cast in solo and principal roles, but less often than she expected,[7] though she was a favourite of Fernando Alonso, a co-founder of the company, who called her his "Tropical Beauty.
"[8] In 1990, at age 20, she left the company and Cuba as Alicia Alonso restricted Feijóo's opportunities to perform abroad.
[1][7] In 1995, Feijóo moved to the United States to join the Los Angeles Ballet, but never performed with the company as it went bankrupt and disbanded.
She was initially offered a soloist contract but Helgi Tomasson, the artistic director of the company, allowed her to join as a principal dancer after Evelyn Cisneros and Sabina Allemann both retired the same year.
[2][8] In 2002, she learned Balanchine's Ballo della Regina from former New York City Ballet principal dancer Merrill Ashley.
[6] In 2005, Lorena acted for the first time in Andy García's film The Lost City as a Cuban nightclub dancer, with the dance sequence choreographed by herself with her mother's assistance.
[10] Later that year, she performed in two San Francisco Opera productions, in Verdi's La traviata and the world premiere of Adams' Girls of the Golden West as Lola Montez.
[2] After she stopped performing, she became an associated artistic director of the Texas-based Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre.