Miki Batchman began her training locally at the Hammond Studio of Dance.  Ms. Batchman graduated in June 2000 from the University of California at Irvine with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance and a minor in Digital Arts.  While at UCI, she had the opportunity to perform as a Spanish dancer in David Allan’s Cinderella, as well as a solo performer with the UCI Spanish Dance Ensemble.  She joined California Ballet Company in 2001.  Her featured roles include Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty, the Witch in Snow White, and Spanish in The Nutcracker. She has also appeared in Cinderella, Giselle, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Beauty and the Beast, Charles Bennett’s Dracula, Souviners, Suite Vivaldi, as well as most of the CBC Repertoire.