Pilates by Darcey Bussell

In an interview with Darcey Bussell published in the Evening Standard nearly three years ago she said:

"I truly believe Pilates is such a good thing, especially if you have had children"

She practices Pilates and has now published the DVD "Pilates for Life" which has received excellent reviews.

Darcey Bussell is now the fith judge in Strictly Come Dancing, she will bring a new insight into dancing. Darcey, like many other well known dancers, practices Pilates.

When Pilates moved to New York, among other famous coreographers and dancers George Balanchine and Martha Graham were "Pilates devotees" They realised that dancers needed to develop their "core strength" and the Pilates method, unlike other forms of exercise was the best. George Balanchine and Martha Graham regularly sent their students to Jospeph's Pilates Studio for both training and rehabilitation.

Nowadays is universally recognised that dancers will benefit by the core strength that Pilates provides.