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What is Pilates? Benefits of Pilates Common Questions about Pilates What is Original Pilates®? History of Joseph H. Pilates Chronology of Joseph H. Pilates Quotes from Joseph H. Pilates Mary Pilates Museum Collection Pilates Principles Pilates Thoughts & Philosophies Pilates Placement Tips Pilates Styles New Study about Mat Training: Results After Just Eight Weeks Chronology of Joseph H. Pilates Pilates, Joseph Hubertus, 1880 – 1967 1880 Born in MunchenGlebach near Dusseldorf, Germany. 1885 Struggled with numerous childhood diseases: asthma, rheumatic fever, and rickets. 1895 Regained health through vigorous physical exercises and health studies. 1912 Moved to London. Worked as a boxer, self-defense trainer, and gymnast and circus performer. 1917 Interned as a German National during World War I. Worked as a hospital orderly on the Isle of Mann in the Moar Internment Camp. Developed exercises using spring driven apparatus for rehabilitation. 1919 Moved to Germany. Influenced movement theorist Rudolf Van Laban and dancer Mary Wigman. Trained Military Police officers. 1926 Moved to New York City. 1927 Married Clara. She was a former kindergarten teacher. 1930 Joseph and Clara operated the Pilates Studio next to New York Ballet Studio. Trained dancers such as George Ballanchine, Hanya Holm, Ruth St. Denis, Jerome Robbins and Martha Graham. 1942 Mary Pilates, niece of Joseph Pilates, begins teaching at the studio at 19 years of age. She teaches the exact methodology taught to her by her uncle Joseph Pilates. 1945 “Return to Life,” published. 1950 Trained such persons as Romana Kryzanowska and Moira Merrithew, cofounder of Stott Pilates. 1967 Joseph Pilates dies at age 87. He died from injuries suffered in a fire in his studio while trying to remove pieces of his equipment. 1970 Clara joined Romana Kryzanowska to promote “Pilates” and continued to run the studio. After Clara’s death, Romana continued to run the studio and preserve the legacy of Joseph Pilates teaching the Pilates Method in its exact and original form. Return to top

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