The Fletcher Perspective
Articles, Media Features, and Official Announcements from Fletcher Pilates
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Pilates is an Art
‘Pilates is an art’ Ron Fletcher was one of Joseph Pilates’ original students, and is largely responsible for popularising what Pilates called ‘body contrology’. He tells Alice Wignall why he is exasperated that people still mistake the system for an exercise routine. An estimated 12 million people around the world practise Pilates. Conceived and developed…
Teaching….a challenging transition
I love talking to new teachers about that awkward moment when they had to get up in front of the class and actually lead a roomful of people through movement for the first time. Everyone has a different experience it seems, but one thing that holds true for all—it was an “out of body/mind” experience…
A Chat with Ron Fletcher
“It’s a fine feeling when a teacher can reap and enjoy the gratification of seeing the progressive change in a student who has been surely and carefully taught.” – Ron Fletcher A top-flight dancer and Hollywood choreographer during the 1940s and 50s, Ron Fletcher began his Pilates odyssey over five decades ago. One of the…
Ron Fletcher and Gale Sears
Ron Fletcher, one of the great visionaries of the Pilates world, passed away December 6, 2011. He had a Hill Country connection in that he spent his final years at home in nearby Stonewall, TX, where he came to know and love Gail Sears, local fitness guru and founder of both The Center for Fitness…
Terrific Towels!
One afternoon in 1971, Pilates master Ron Fletcher was teaching a class in his original studio on the corner of Rodeo Drive and Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills. He asked his students to lift their arms evenly overhead. In attempting this simple movement, recalls Ron, “They made 180 different designs with their bodies, all of…
Staff Spotlight: Sara Hammond
A Body Works Pilates client for five years, Sara Hammond can be found in a COREtet three days a week. She grew up just outside of Columbus, Ohio but could be granted honorary Tucson Native status. She earned a BA in Journalism from the University of Arizona and returned to work as a business reporter…
Original Pilates Master – Annual Tucson Seminar
Celebrated Pilates Master Ron Fletcher to Present Tucson WorkshopMarch 21-22 at U of A’s Stevie Eller Dance Theater Tucson, AZ – For Pilates professionals around the world, a workshop or guest appearance by 88-year-old Master Teacher Ron Fletcher is big news. A headline-maker in his world travels to cities like London, Tokyo, Singapore and Madrid…
Moving to Stand Still
Google “Ron Fletcher” and you’ll turn up an impressive resume that tells ofa successful dance career and collaborations with Hollywood luminaries like Marilyn Monroe and Marlene Dietrich. You’ll also finnd accounts of his injury, which led him to a lifechanging encounter with Joseph Pilates – a visionary who advocated a radical approach to fitness and…
Fascinating Rhythm for First Generation Teacher Ron Fletcher
When Ron Fletcher sin’t relaxing at his Stonewall, Texas ranch, the curriculum director of the prestigious Ron Fletcher Program of Study is traveling the glove to share a wealth of knowledge in his sought-after methods of Towelwork, Floorwork, Percussive Breath and movement-philosophies. At a youthful 87, Fletcher continues to play a principal role in the…
Letter from Ron
THERE’VE BEEN SOME CHANGES within The Ron Fletcher Company® . Better for Kyria and Pat — better for me — and, in the long haul, better for our Teachers and Students. I see these changes as being especially beneficial for our Facilitators and Disseminators, and to promise more opportunities for the newcomers to The Ron…