What is Pialtes Flashcards
When was Pilates Return to Life Throuh Contrology written?
1945
Joseph Hubertus Pilates was born in ________ around ____.
Germany, 1880
Where was Joe when WWI broke out?
England touring with a boxer
Where was Joe held in an internment camp?
Near Lancaster for the duration of the war.
Joe was given a job of an orderly at a hospital in ______.
the Isle of Man
Joe was in charge of how many patience on the Isle of Man internment camp?
30
What was the first piece of equipment Joe made?
The Cadillac
The “brown shirts” asked Joe to do what?
Train their police force
When did Joe and Clara arrive in NYC?
1926
What street was the NYC Ballet and Joe’s Pilates studio located on?
8th Ave
Pilates was originally called…
Contrology
Clara’s profession was….
a nurse
Dancers that Joe initially worked with included (3)…
Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, George Balanchine
Joe’s studio was destroyed by fire in _____.
1967
Joe died in _____ from complications of smoke inhalation.
1967
Clara continued Joe’s work on until her death in____.
1977
One of the primary teachers who carried on Joe’s work after his death was ballet dancer _____.
Romana Kryzanowska
Romana Kryzanowska started one of the first______.
Teacher Training programs
_______ was a well known modern dancer who worked iwth Joe and Clara for many years before moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Eve Gentry
Joe helped rehabilitate Eve Gentry after a _______.
Radial Mastectomy
Eve Gentry died ______.
In the late 1990’s.
______ of Core Dynamics carries on Eve Gentry’s work.
Michelle Larsson
A Martha Graham dancer who worked with Joe and Clara late in their lives…
Ron Fletcher
Ron Fletcher opened a studio in ______ on what street?
LA on Rodeo Drive.
First pilates instructor on the west coast….
Ron Fletcher
Credited for specialized work on spine corrector, Step Barrel, and a more “danerly” style…
Ron Fletcher
Trained with Joe and opened her own studio in NY where she taught until her death in the late 1990’s.
Carola Trier
Carries out Carola Trier’s work in LA
Jillian Hessel
Carries otu Carola Trier’s work in NYC
Deborah Lessen
Dancer who originally came to Joe with a knee injury…
Kathleen Stanford Grant
Kathleen Stanford Grant was one of only two students to what?
Be certified by Joe to teach Pilates
Carried on Joe’s work and teaches a mat class to the students and New York University…
Kathleen Stanford Grant
Dancer who was certified by Joe while dancing in NYC who later moved to PR and founded Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico
Lolita San Miguel
Was a comedian before working with Joe, now is a Jungian physcoanalyst and Pilates instructor in Cambridge Ma
Mary Bowen
Romana Kryzanowska passed away in ______
August 2013
