Michael King

International Pilates educator with over 47 years of experience in movement education and teacher training

Michael, compressing nearly half a century of work into a few lines is the literary equivalent of folding a Pilates Cadillac into a carry-on bag. It can be done, but it feels a bit disrespectful to the machinery. Still, here is a clean short version that works for websites, programmes, or conference listings.

Michael King is an international Pilates educator with over 47 years of experience in movement education and teacher training. Originally a dancer at the London School of Contemporary Dance, he later opened Body Control Studios at Pineapple Dance Studios in Covent Garden in 1982.

From 1984 to 1990 he managed the Pilates studio at the Houston Ballet Company in Texas and studied in New York with first-generation teachers Carola Trier and Romana Kryzanowska at the original Pilates Studio.

Michael later founded the Pilates Institute UK and now leads Michael King Pilates (MK Pilates), an international education programme taught in more than 30 countries. He is widely recognised for his contribution to Pilates teacher training and the development of professional standards in the Pilates industry.

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