Coming to Marblehead! New Pilates and Stretch/Strength Series

With fall just around the corner, start the season in the Marblehead School of Ballet's (MSB) new Fundamentals Workshops Series featuring Pilates and Stretch/Strength for teenagers and adults. The series takes place on Sundays, starting with Pilates on September 23 from 10: 30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and Stretch and Strength on September 30 at the school, located at 115 Pleasant Street in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Instructor Jimmy Raye, a dancer trained in classical ballet and Pilates, begins the series with the Pilates Fundamentals workshop. Raye studied Pilates with master teacher Romana Kryzanowska, the inheritor of Joseph Pilate’s studio, and he became one of the first teachers to bring Pilates from New York City to the North Shore. Director Paula K. Shiff, who trained at the Boston Ballet, continued her studies at the American Ballet Theatre and the Martha Graham Studio and performed with the Boston Ballet, teaches the Stretch/Strength workshop. The pace of the workshop and the exercises are designed to meet each student's needs.

"MSB's Stretch and Strength Workshop for dancers and non-dancers uses various modalities to increase kinesthetic awareness, improve alignment, strength, and flexibility. "Our unique workshop is designed to enhance dance and sport skills, while promoting better health. Students learn exercises outside the dance vocabulary to aid the development of better alignment, flexibility, core strength and body awareness," said Shiff.

The tuition for each workshop is $25. Pre-registration is required. To register for the workshop, call 781-631-6262 or send an e-mail to msb[at]havetodance.com.

Photos:

1) Instructor Jimmy Raye teaches students in the new Pilates Fundamentals workshop at the Marblehead School of Ballet.

2) Marblehead School of Ballet's provides customized instruction to participants attending the fall Stretch and Strength workshop.

Photo credit: Marblehead School of Ballet