Pilates Institute
| About us | Director of the Company is Michael King MICHAEL KING/BIOGRAPHY Michael began his formal dance training was with the London School of Contemporary Dance. He began integrating his dance training with his fitness career as a Pilates instructor at the Pineapple Dance Studio in London whilst touring with the London Bach Festival throughout Europe. Michael moved to Texas and joined the faculty at the Houston Ballet whilst also directing the Adult Fitness Programme and Pilates Studio. During his eight years with the Houston Ballet Michael worked on numerous prestigious productions. As a key member of the fitness community in Houston he took an active role in all aspects of the citys programmes and organised many successful fund-raising aerobics events. Next came Los Angeles where Michael taught for five years at the Voight Fitness and Dance Studio and was a personal trainer with an extensive celebrity list. From L. A. Michael moved to Switzerland where he directed two health centres whilst continuing to travel worldwide. Now based in London, Michael splits his time between choreographing and teaching from his two centres The Pilates Institute where he runs training courses for Pilates instructors. His programmes and course are also taught throughout the UK and worldwide from Australia with Network to South America to Italy and Israel Michaels programmes are taught and held in high regard. Most recently Michael has taken Pilates to Russia for the first time working with the Bolshoi Ballet and setting up an exchange programme for dancers to come to the UK to study at the Institute. Michael has also written some best selling books in March 2000 Pure Pilates which has sold to date over 100,000 copies worldwide and with an edition in Spanish launched Nov 2000 it is still a best seller in books shops. Pregnancy and Pilates which was launched Summer 2002 and his new book Total Pilates is in the shops right now. Australia will be seeing also his new book Core Pilates which looks at using the Resist and Ball and Pilates with ABC Books on the selves in August 2003 and also Michael has just completed Pilates for Golf which now brings for the first time this great technique modified for one of the fastest growing activities in the world today. Michael is also a Pilates Presenter at 2003 IDEA Convention in Anaheim CA USA His choreography of the world acclaimed production of The Official Tribute to the Blues Brothers has been performed extensively both in the U. K. And Europe and in March 2000 Michael re-opened the National Theatre in Buenos Aires with a production of My Fair Lady. |
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| Business Type | Buying Office |
| Products/Services | Fitness Products, Teacher Training Compnay |
