Master Artist, Batista started her career at the age of three, at her parent's Academy of Dance and Dramatic Arts in Fribourg, Switzerland. She pursued her dance training in Geneva, the Netherlands, France and Spain, and performed with companies throughout Europe.
Today, Batista is a Los Angeles-area based Educator, Speaker, Performer, Choreographer and Conscious Bodybuilder.
Her
repertoire of over twenty five choreographies includes ballet,
dance/theater, public television performances, summer concert series and
video productions. A dancer and soloist, Batista has performed in many
cultural arts centers, major auditoriums and venues nationwide and
throughhout California and toured with Lola Montes and her Spanish Dancers Company as a soloist for over, 15 years.
A member of the former LAUSD Arts Community Partnership Network, Batista also presented Assemblies' performances and is a member of the LA County Art, Arts for All initiative, educating people into the inter cultural links subsequent to flamenco's history and evolution.
A
teaching artist with the Music Center Education Division, Maestra
Batista has conducted Artist in Residence workshops for 15 years in
schools around the greater Los Angeles area, LAUSD and Head Start sites,
while implementing standard-based classes. She presents educational
workshops for parents and conducts advanced workshops for professional
teachers, principals and staff. She has presented at the BEST Art
Festival for the last eight years.
Having
completed over 1500 hours of intensive instruction in the Specialized
Art of Body Design, Batista holds a certification of completion by Body
Design Formula and is qualified to teach students in the art of Body
Design and Strength Training.
Batista multifaceted
accomplishments go beyond Dance and Body Work. She holds certification
of accomplishments in Intuitive Healing Arts and Gnostic Studies.
She has also studied Kabbalah and hands on healing, and is a Hsin Tao Practitioner.
Batista is the CEO and Voice behind Body Design Formula and the founder of Conscious BodyBuildingTM, the new paradigm in health and fitness consciousness.