One of the tricky things about Pilates is the "choreography" of the exercises.  Did Joseph Pilates even call his movements choreography? In his essay, Your Health, he refers to them as corrective exercises which seems much more appropriate to their intention. However, since the Pilates method has been carried through the decades primarily by dancers – all the Pilates elders were dancers – the term “choreography” became part of the lexicon. The use of that term, however, tends to lead clients toward performing the movements – i.e. trying to do them “correctly” according to the rules of the movement, and looking good while doing so. And dancers, and other trained movers, having developed strong movement muscle memory and performance skills, can truly struggle with this. 
 
In this workshop, Amy and Kaile, will discuss the differences between performing the exercises well, and using the movements to correct unique and deeply imbedded imbalances. How does the Pilates system actually Uniformly Develop strength, weakness, flexibility, and mobility. 
 
Amy and Kaile, both former dancers, have been teaching each other collaboratively for almost 20 years.  Like any technique, sport, or modality,  their movement history has contributed to their imbalances.  In their cases these imbalances feel as if they have certain deep tight places offset by other overly flexible places. As with many clients, these tight/flexible combinations occur throughout the body and are hard to keep track of. It has taken Amy and Kaile years to truly understand how getting beyond the idea of performing choreography, to finding a connection to the movements, equipment, springs, etc. To USE the exercises to gain the full benefits of the Pilates method.