Nancy Rodriguez - Founder/Studio Director

Viviana Enrique Acosta - Founder/Artistic Director

Rebeca Lopez - Owner/Marketing Director

Our Path to Wellness

¡Muévete!™ Dance Studio is dedicated to building a healthy community through dance. We believe in the positive ancient teachings having balance of mind, body and spirit.

Who We Are

Please call 619-886-2594 for class rates and schedules. Or email info@muevetestudio.com

Rebeca Lopez, Owner/Marketing Director of ¡Muévete!™ Dance Studio, she has been performing since a small child. Currently she is a principal dancer, actor and musician with the Ballet Folklorico en Aztlan Dance Theatre Company. She plays jarana primera with Son de San Diego. She works as a mosaic artist with Kim Emerson Mosaics and as a music and dance instructor for Center for World Music. Rebeca is also a certified Yoga instructor at Muevete Dance Studio.

Viviana Enrique Acosta, Founder/Owner/Artistic Director of ¡Muévete!™ Dance Studio, and currently teaches Ballet Folklorico, Zumba, Salsa, ¡Muévete!™ and Son Jarocho classes and is available for private lessons.  

Viviana Enrique Acosta, is a Xicana Two Spirit Guardian and Maestra of Sacred Tradition. She is Artistic Director of the BFA has over forty years of experience as a curator, arts administrator, choreographer, performance artist, dance theatre director, playwright, actor, composer, instructor and culture bearer. She has a background in modern, interpretive and ethnic dance and specializes in Mexican folk dance. She is Capitana de los Voladores, Capitana de Danza Coyolxauhqui, and was the lead dancer for the Two Spirit Wymins Lakota Sundance.

Viviana has the distinction as being one of the youngest California Arts Council Artists in Residence – Artists in Communities awardees for her work in dance. She was the conference Co-Director for the national conference of folkloristas held at UCSD for the Asociación Nacional de Folkloristas in 1985. An advocate for arts education and the benefit dance has on cognitive development she wrote, directed and collaborated with the San Diego Unified School District to develop a K-3 grade educational DVD focusing on 4 different regional dances with complimentary math tie–ins. She directed the Longfellow Elementary Ballet Program. She was a founder of and the Performing and Visual Arts Coordinator for the Centro Cultural de la Raza in San Diego, California and was the founding Program Coordinator, Instructor, Dancer for the dance program at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio, Texas. She offers classes, workshops  and lectures at all levels of the educational system including elementary schools to universities and is a caretaker of sacred traditions sharing her two spirit vision of a sacred life worldwide.

Nancy Rodriguez, Founder/Studio Director of ¡Muévete!™ Dance Studio is grateful for the opportunity to work with such wonderful artists and offer inspiration and consejos.   She has performed original works, both in Texas and in California. Her list of performance venues include: Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Jump Start Theatre, Centro Cultural de la Raza, Our Lady of the Lake University, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, University of Texas Austin, SDSU and UCSD. She was in the performance group “Mujeres Grandes". She was Executive Producer for several productions including: Viviana Enrique Acosta’s The Night Sky and Fiesta Poblana, Sandra Ruiz’ Nice Girls Don’t Dance, Dulce Solis’ Chela, Cherrie Moraga’s Heroes and Saints and Elizabeth Ruiz’ Death by Survival, directed by Dori Salois. As an actor she played lead roles in Letty y Su Mama and La Guadalupe Que Camina, both written by Beva Sanchez Padilla.  Nancy's love of indigenous cultural arts is her passion.  Her personal search for her Two-Spirit Mexican Indigenous roots gifted Nancy a lifetime of experience surrounded by dance, music, teatro, and ceremony. Nancy believes art is the most effective way to manifest social justice in the hearts of individuals.

Instructors

Bridgette Dice was born in San Diego and grow up in the mountains of Northern California, found yoga when she was 18 and loved it from the beginning. She has a great passion for helping others live happier, healthier lives. When yoga is practiced regularly it can bring amazing positive change to our lives, bodies, mind and spirit. She loves art, painting, sewing and cooking.

Donatella Lopez first discovered her love for yoga  in Northern California. Her experience doing yoga was transformational- both physically and spiritually. Through her faithful yoga practice and continuous study on the profound wisdom of the mind-body connection, she decided to pursue her heart’s calling to serve the community. Her work in Public Health, primarily in physical activity and nutrition education ignited her passion for assisting others in attaining their wellness goals.  Donatella’s joy in working with the community combined with her awareness in the wellbeing of the mind, body and spirit, motivates her to teach and inspire others.

Kristina Banas  Yoga is an immensely beautiful gift in her life. When she took her first yoga class, she quickly developed a great passion for this transformative practice. She has been consistently practicing ever since. She feels blessed to have discovered this special path of self-discovery at a young age, and she hopes to share and spread her love for yoga with the world. As a teacher, she strives to empower her students to explore their bodies on their mats, so that they may embrace and celebrate the beautiful light that resides within the heart. Her classes aim to cultivate strength and balance, peace and joy. She feels truly honored to have the opportunity to explore this inspiring practice with you all. Her heart is filled with deep gratitude and love. Namaste.

Marina Kolaric was introduced to yoga back in the late nineties when she was in high school in Serbia. At that time yoga was for her,  just another means of exercising, staying fit, flexible and physically healthy. It was not until she moved to Hawaii in 2006 that she discovered that yoga meant a lot more to her – spiritually, mentally, emotionally. Every day she is grateful for the insights and challenges that yoga brings to her.  Marina is dedicated to her constant personal growth and development through yoga and meditation.  She is eager to share her experience and energy with others.  Marina believes, “Yoga absolutely helps with being in touch with ourselves and that undoubtedly contributes to communication with other beings.”