 Botafogo also attended the Salle Pleyel's Goubé Academy at Paris, École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, and Dance Center-Covent Garden, in London.Botafogo has been the "prima ballerina" of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro since 1981.She debuted in the Municipal with the ballet "Coppélia", which opened her career to international presentations.