Pilates History
As the Pilates industry has evolved throughout the decades, some big names have emerged. Here's a brief outline of some of the well-known Pilates personalities.
| Joseph H. Pilates | Moira (Stott) Merrithew | Romana Kryzanowska |
| The father of Pilates, Joseph H. Pilates founded the Pilates movement in the 1920's... | Moria Stott, once the principle ballerina with the City Ballet of Toronto was promted to try Pilates by a neck injury... | Romana Kryzanowska is one of the pre-eminent disciples of Joseph and Clara Pilates... |
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| Mary Bowen | Ron Fletcher | Clara Pilates | Mari Winsor |
| An active member of the Pilates Method Alliance, Mary Bowen still takes one Pilates class a week... | Ron Fletcher was a dancer with Martha Graham's company when a knee problem brought him to Joe and Clara's studio in the 1940s... | Clara Pilates was Joseph's wife and partner at their New York studio... | Mari Winsor's top-selling line of Winsor Pilates videos have helped popularize the technique with the masses... |
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