Rebecca Karenin

I was first introduced to Pilates in 1990 after suffering an injury while studying dance. After I refused the suggested operation that would have put an end to my desired career, I was advised to try Pilates as part of a rehabilitation programme.

I went on to dance professionally for ten years without further injury.

These days my dancing is restricted to anonimity of the club dance floor, and after practising Pilates for fifteen years I decided to train as a teacher. After passing the examinations in anatomy and completing a year of teacher training apprenticeship I set up my own company in 2005.

The CV

Qualifications

Body Control Pilates® Mat Work Certificate Level III (>more…)

OCR Teaching Exercise and Fitness Level II

OCR Teaching Pilates Level II

Diploma in Dance

From the Arts Educational School, London. Passed with Distinction, following a scholarship at age eleven to the Arts Educational School, Tring.

Experience

Pilates Instructor

  • I have workshopped with Michelle Larson, renowned for her training with Eva Gentry, who in turn was taught by Jospeph Pilates himself.
  • I am currently running classes in West Cornwall, for a steadily expanding client base since 2005.
  • I taught Pilates at various London venues over the course of a year as part of my BCP training.

Exercise/Dance Teacher

  • Ran own classes in various styles across North London, 2000-2003

Professional Dancer

From 1990-2000 I worked mainly in television and theatre, appearing in London’s West End in such shows as Starlight Express and the Royal Variety Performance, performing on television with the likes of Simply Red and PJ and Duncan (yes, the pre-jungle incarnation of Ant and Dec!), appearing live with other acts including Alison Limerick and the James Taylor Quartet, and somewhere along the way found myself working as Barry Manilow’s choreographer.

I am most proud of my starring role on Spitting Image as the roller-skating Queen Elizabeth II.