Cost: $125
Simona will be available Sunday Morning for Private and Duet sessions. Please contact Joy at 508-385-8882 for more information.
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About Simona Cipriani
Simona Cipriani directs Authentic Pilates studio, The Art of Control� at Purchase College. She is a Teacher Trainer for the United States Pilates Association, and a Certified Instructor of the Authentic Pilates Method for more than 18 years. Ms. Cipriani studied extensively with Romana Kryzanowska at Drago's Gym in New York City, where she taught by Romana's side for many years. A former dancer for more than thirty-five years, Ms. Cipriani started performing professionally at the age of fourteen in Italy, and continued to dance throughout Europe and the United States.
Ms. Cipriani has worked with many dancers, athletes and movie actors such as Glenn Close, and others in the Westchester and Connecticut area for the past 18 years. She also concentrates on ballroom dance, participating frequently in competitions, and consistently places as champion. Ms. Cipriani has studied at Juliard and holds a B.F.A. in Dance from SUNY at Purchase, and has been a faculty member of SUNY Purchase since 2006. She is a licensed massage therapist in Connecticut and New York State. Ms. Cipriani was a member of the massage therapy team at the Olympics in the Athens Summer Games in 2004, and the Torino Winter Games in 2006. She was also the massage therapist for director Darren Aronofsky during the production of "Black Swan." Ms. Cipriani has co-written two articles with Dr. Joseph E. Muscolino on Pilates that have been published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies and co-written three articles with Dr. Muscolino for Pilates Style Magazine. Ms. Cipriani has been a Feldenkrais practitioner since 2009 as well as a graduate from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York City in July 2009 as a Health Counselor. Currently she is traveling throughout the USA, Europe and Australia to teach seminars and host workshops. She is a member of the AMTA, FENA, NCBTMB and APU.
To learn more about Simona, visit ArtofControl.com
Learn the basic repertoire of Authentic Pilates exercises on all the apparatus, how to progress a new client through the beginning level Pilates system with appropriate tactile and verbal cueing, as well as safety/spotting techniques. This workshop includes historical information about Mr. Pilates' method and teachings, hands-on practice, anatomy of Pilates, as well as Pre-Pilates - using some of the archival exercises and small apparatus unknown to many instructors, but critical to starting a client from the very basics. Modifications, and enhancements for special populations are also taught.
