Adriano Bittar is a researcher, physiotherapist, dancer and Fletcher Pilates® teacher. He holds a PhD with a specialization in Craniosacral Therapy and Dance. Adriano first learned of Pilates at the Laban Center in London in 1996, and became one of the first physiotherapists to complete the Polestar/Physio Pilates Pilates Program in South America in 2000. In 2011, he completed the Fletcher Pilates Program of Study and became a PMA Certified Pilates Teacher in 2013. He created the Postgrad Pilates course at PUCGO/CEAFI that he continues to coordinate to this day. In 2012 Adriano was invited to represent Fletcher Pilates in Brazil as a faculty member. He has lectured at several international Pilates conferences, a visiting professor at the Fletcher Pilates headquarters in Tucson, Arizona, and teaches at the State University of Goiás. He is also a physiotherapist for the Basileu Franca Dance Company, directs Studio Adriano Bittar and coordinates the Brazil-UK Dance Medicine and Science Network.