Advanced Pilates

Advanced Pilates: integrating Pilates to support
your dance practice. Advanced Pilates Reformer
based on the Balanced Body method, including
exercises and principles from other somatic
practices. For participants who have taken Pilates
Reformer or have an established pilates practice
with permission of the instructor.
Advanced Pilates Reformer class trains students in
the Balanced Body Method while incorporating
somatic sensibilities from Feldenkrais, yoga and
spiral dynamik. Students will advance their
knowledge of their body through more advanced
exercises while retaining the fundamentals of a
strong centered somatic practice centered around
pilates. We will synthesize the movement
principles learned in pilates so that each student
can utilize them in their dance practice.
Each class builds on the previous ones, creating
an experiential learning process as well as
building a self practice for each participant.
Students will learn exercises that teach them
strength, flexibility, alignment, proprioception,
specificity and control of muscle chains, breath
coordination and dynamic mobility while
understanding the difference between choreography
and internalized body mechanics. We will focus on
specific movement goals in their dance practice
(i.e. release, bend/straighten, speed, weight
shift and dynamics, etc.) and how they can use
what they are learning in pilates to enhance their
dance practice, prevent injury and speed up
recovery.