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Frequently Asked Questions about
Pilates:
Where did Pilates come from?
The Pilates movement gains in
popularity – from Europe to the
U.S.
In
1926, Joe emigrated to the
United States. During the voyage
he met Clara, whom he later
married. Joe and Clara opened a
fitness studio in New York,
sharing an address with the New
York City Ballet.
By the early 1960s, Joe and
Clara could count among their
clients many New York dancers.
George Balanchine studied "at
Joe's," as he called it, and
also invited Pilates to instruct
his young ballerinas at the New
York City Ballet.
"Pilates" was becoming popular
outside of New York as well. As
the New York Herald Tribune
noted in 1964, "in dance classes
around the United States,
hundreds of young students
limber up daily with an exercise
they know as a pilates, without
knowing that the word has a
capital P, and a living,
right-breathing namesake."
Source:
http://www.pilates.com/BBAPP/V/about/joseph-pilates.html
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