Higher level of movement training – Pilates

Whether a dancer, runner, rock climber, golfer, foot or other ball player, biker, skier, swimmer, diver, hiker, snowboarder, or gardener.  An athlete on any level. Or a person who simply wants a better life. Our bodies need to move. They need to move freely with joy, and without pain.  We are here to facilitate that process.

Some of us wish to be thinner, lose a dress size or

belt notch or two, be stronger, or curvier. Some want to jump higher, swing harder, improve golf scores, bend backwards, gain flexibility, or kneel down. Some want thinner thighs, narrow hips, a flat stomach, to touch their toes, and to eat chocolates and ice cream for desert. Some want better stage presence.  Some just

want to believe they can. We want to help you do ALL those things, but hopefully not all at once. Smile.

We incorporate decades of movement training and education into our work to help you achieve your goals. We are all about you, what you need.

So if you’re a person, an athlete, a student of dance, a teacher, a granddad, a mom, a couch potato, or someone recovering from an injury or illness, we offer group, private, semi-private instruction and coaching involving Pilates techniques geared to helping you meet your movement goals.  This work is for all people, every body, grooming you for better things, improving the mental and physical self, inside and out.

Favorite Links

        Pilates and Alexander

        Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble

        Royal Academy of Dancing

        STUDIO 1 Pilates n Movement, LLC

        StudioDNA Partners, Inc.

Contact Information

Suite 110

8415 Bellona Lane

Baltimore, Maryland

E-mail address

To Schedule Class

Office phone

410-321-4912      voice

Instruction Offered

        Training for Olympian, Professional, Recreational athletes using Pilates

        Therapeutic Pilates Mat, Ball, Reformer, and Ladder Barrel Classes – State of the Art Equipment

        Pilates Video, Equipment and Apparatus sales

        Private and Semi-private instruction and coaching

        Classical Ballet Coaching, Royal Academy of Dancing Certified Teacher

        Spanish Dance Society Syllabus for Flamenco Coaching

        Reiki Energy Healing

About the Director

Wallis M. Mason, Royal Academy of Dancing Teaching Certified, is a member Mid-Atlantic U.S. Advisory Regional Panel of the Academy, AAHPERD and retired Treasurer of the Board of Directors of The Moving Company, a professional dance company. She trained at The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins   Univ., The Maryland Ballet School,  and

Towson Univ. CDD. Ms. Mason, former faculty of The Baltimore Actors Theatre Conservatory, a recipient of the Certificate of Achievement in Ballet Award from The Peabody Institute, has performed at The Baltimore Museum of Art, Univ. of MD, College Park, and in Washington, D.C. Wallis, also certified in 'Pilates and Beyond' Mat and Reformer instruction, teaches Pilates, Classical Ballet, Character, Free Movement, and Flamenco.  More

Attire

Sports & other activities

        Pilates   Comfortable clothing that moves with you allowing freedom of movement, range of motion, bare feet

All activities

        No ~ minimal jewelry 

Dance activities

        Ballet and Developmental Dance   Girls  leotard, tights, ballet shoes;  Boys  Short sleeve t-shirt, tights, slacks or shorts, ballet shoes

        Flamenco  leotard, flamenco skirt, tights, flamenco shoes, castanets, shawl

        Other Character/Folk Classes   Appropriately to that discipline

        Hair   Ballet and Flamenco, back neatly in a bun

Last revised: 2/13/08.

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