04 93 38 98 32
New York
Authentic Pilates
BE STRONG. BE FLEXBLE. BE MINDFULL
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Studio Specialized in the Practice of the Original Method
New York Authentic Pilates - 45, rue d'Antibes - 06400 CANNES.
ABOUT
In the heart of Cannes, a few steps from the Palais des Festivals and the Croisette, the Azur Pilates Studio is the perfect place to practice the original Pilates Method as it was created by Joseph Pilates.
Imagine a training session completely adapted to your physical condition, your age and your needs, which leaves you with a feeling of energy and well-being.
Your body will be transformed, your look slender, your silhouette refined and toned, your muscles sculpted.
TEACHERS
Linda De Haviland
LEVEL 5
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LEVEL V Certified Teacher at the Romana Kryzanowska Pilates School in New York.
My passion for dance and high level training led me from Maitre Balanchine to the New York City Ballet, to the Musical on Broadway. My career has taken me on stages across the United States and Europe as a Classical Dancer, show leader on Broadway then Paris, and musician. I have also had a very rich professional career as a model first in the United States and then in Europe, working for the biggest names such as Sarah Moon, David Bailey, Norman Parkinson, Arthur Elgort and many others. The magazines ELLE, MARIE-CLAIRE, BRIDES, SEVENTEEN and others have done me the honor of choosing me for their covers.
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That being said, it is the passion for movement that attracted me to the ROMANAS PILATES Method (the only AUTHENTIC method) and its faculties to prevent accidents to my student dancers and to strengthen their center. Holding a Classical Dance Teacher diploma, the CA, issued by the Ministry of Culture as well as a State Diploma of accompanying pianist (dance specialty) I am also a Certified Instructor of the ROMANAS PILATES method, issued by the main studio from NEW YORK As a Dance Teacher at the Conservatory of Istres, I assumed for several years the function of Director of the Department of Classical Dance with more than 150 students in all disciplines. I then decided to open my own STUDIO PILATES in Cannes for 9 years where I teach the method to students and clients aged 15 to 80.
For 3 years we have united our action with Sophie Pradines and developed our international clientele. We have a personal training that never stops and our efforts are permanent to promote the ROMANAS PILATES lifestyle to each of our clients. We call it: THE PILATES LIFESTYLE
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METHOD
Let's Go !
« In 10 sessions, you feel the difference. In twenty sessions, you see the difference. In thirty sessions, you have a brand new body. »
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Unlimited benefits:
The effects of Pilates are particularly spectacular for sculpting the silhouette;
In addition, you will have a feeling of vitality, dynamism and general well-being, improving your overall health:
Practiced regularly, it offers many advantages and is recognized for its benefits:
- Relaxes the joints, softens, stretches and strengthens the muscles.
- Reshapes and tones the body overall.
- Corrects posture.
- Corrects body alignment. Develops coordination and balance.
- Improves blood circulation, oxygenates the blood and facilitates lymphatic drainage.
- Increases lung capacity, stimulates the respiratory system.
- Increases energy and stamina.
- Improves memory and concentration.
- Relieves general pain, back pain, tension, stress.
- Improves bone health.
- Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis ...
- Prevention and rehabilitation of injuries.
- Helps in the treatment of certain pathologies and problems of the musculoskeletal or spinal system.
- Helps to control weight problems (accompanied by a healthy diet).
ANYONE CAN PRACTICE PILATES!
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Pilates is accessible to everyone because the sessions are "tailor-made" with a unique follow-up for each individual regardless of their goals or their past or present physical problems:
- Adults in general and children 12 and older.
- Sedentary people wishing to resume physical activity
- Dancers, athletes (amateurs and professionals), high level athletes.
- Seniors (muscle tone, posture, mobility).
- Celebrities, top models, artists, filmmakers, actors, dancers, singers, musicians…
- Pregnant women before and after childbirth (on medical advice).
TRAINING
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Sophie Pradines is a Pilates Level 4 instructor, which allows her to participate in the preparation, training and training of future teachers of the International Romana Pilates school.
The only training in the original Pilates method.
Conditions of admission
To integrate this training, it is necessary to have a good level of practice of the Pilates method.
This therefore requires a mandatory upgrade in the form of 55 private lessons at the Pilates studio in Paris and / or other affiliates.
PRE-REQUISITES: what is it?
The prerequisite is essential and compulsory: it is the preparation, the leveling to be accepted, to pass the entry to the training.
The admission requirements are as follows:
The prerequisite consists of 55 private lessons. 10 private sessions minimum are required for already advanced students. Future trainees must justify having taken their lessons with a certified Pilates teacher from our Studio Pilates school in Paris representing the Romana Pilates institution.
Trainees are assessed and admitted after taking a course followed by an interview. (Duration one hour and a half)
The student will bring a CV and a medical certificate attesting to his ability to follow a physical fitness program.
WHY 55 essentially private lessons?
Because there is no other way to learn effectively and seriously the Pilates Romana Pilates method that we offer, to incorporate the spirit and the feelings of this one and to memorize a level of exercises necessary for entry into training.
SUPPORT of training and prerequisites:
Before any request for support of training, you must have experienced the Pilates Romana Pilates method, that is to say have taken at least 1 private lesson on spring machines and on the floor, in a Pilates studio affiliated by the Studio Pilates de Paris see on the site in "Affiliated studios".
Support for training: this can be covered, if you are entitled to it.
DURATION OF THE PREREQUISITES:
How long do we have to complete the pre-requisites before entering training:
Minimum: 4 months in advance.
Maximum: no time limit.
If you have never taken private lessons on spring and floor apparatus of the Pilates Romana Pilates method in a studio affiliated with Studio Pilates de Paris (see on the site), you can also make an appointment for a session private with capacity assessment. (105 €: duration approximately 1h30)
If you have already practiced for a long time in Romana Pilates studios and / or affiliated with Studio Pilates de Paris, make an appointment for a private lesson to establish your knowledge and level.
The original training of the Pilates method, "Romana's Pilates" school (Romana Kry zanowska, the Master Teacher appointed by JH Pilates since 1967) is the only training offering you the original method.
It is, moreover, the only school working the method as a holistic (global) system including all devices (Mat, Reformer, Cadillac, Chairs, Barrels, Pedi-pole etc…).
This internationally recognized continuing education program has been supervised by the same team of on-site trainers for several years.
Very complete, with a minimum of 700 hours, it includes for each level: intensive courses, observation, workshops, training, teaching, evaluations, biological sciences and human sciences related to the Pilates method.
information only by appointment at the studio
JOSEPH PILATES
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Born in Germany in 1880, Joseph Hubertus Pilates was a fragile child who suffered from asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and rickets. However, with a gymnast father and a naturopathic mother, a bad state of health was not part of his destiny ...
Seeking the means to develop his body, he will devote his life to it:
He studied martial arts, yoga, became a skier, gymnast, boxer and was passionate for nearly 15 years for ancient Greece, researching, with the help of a specialized documentalist, ancient texts concerning the physical and mental form of the Greek citizen and athlete.
He then began to develop devices such as the Reformer or the Cadillac ...
Fascinated by muscle function and its connection to well-being, his method begins to take shape under the name of "Contrology", complete coordination of body, soul and spirit.
During the First World War Joseph was imprisoned in England where he organized exercise sessions for the other prisoners to develop principles of health and muscle toning.
In 1926, he moved to New York with his wife Clara, a nurse, and opened his studio on 8th Avenue. The dance community quickly took an interest in it and very famous choreographers such as George Balanchine and Martha Graham put their trust in it and sent their dancers there for injury prevention and rehabilitation.
His hugely successful studio became New York City's premier fitness center, attracting the city's richest and most influential people.
Joseph Pilates will teach his method for 40 years without ceasing to perfect and practice it.
In excellent health thanks to his technique, he accidentally died of a fire in 1967 at the age of 87.
At the New York Authentic Pilates studio, we are particularly proud to represent the pure Pilates method as it is taught today in the prestigious New York Pilates Studio Romana Kryzanowska school, world-renowned, unique heiress chosen directly by Joseph Hubertus Pilates.
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Romana kryzanowska
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Professional dancer in George Balanchine's troupe at the American Ballet Theater, she worked alongside Joseph Pilates for over thirty years.
She was personally appointed by Joseph Pilates to continue the teaching and transmission of this revolutionary method to new generations.
Now deceased, his daughter Sari Mejia Santo and his granddaughter Daria Pace, both teachers at the New York studio, succeed him for the dissemination of the method throughout the world.