Jean-Claude Nelson Bluebird Pilates Munich


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“It is the mind itself which builds the body.”

Friedrich Schiller

Jean-Claude Nelson

Philosophy
The Pilates method was not originally designed for large classes that you find all too often today. Therefore, I offer only Personal Training and Duo Training. In doing so, I can thoroughly cater to your needs. I would like to accompany you in achieving your personal aims. It is important to me to let you become aware of how Pilates affects your body, so you can integrate Pilates into your everyday life and your activities.

Pilates is not a sport, it is a lifestyle.

Biography
Jean-Claude Nelson was born in Munich. At the age of 8, he started studying classical and modern ballet at the Munich Academy of Music. After 10 years, he graduated with a diploma and was immediately engaged by the Bavarian State Ballet. Soon he moved abroad and danced as a soloist with the London City Ballet, the Ballet of Monte Carlo and the Ballet of the Opera of Lyon.

After intense international tours through Europe, Asia, North and South America, Jean-Claude suffered a serious knee injury that forced him to interrupt his career. In this difficult period of life he learned the Pilates method.

He was so enthusiastic about the positive results of the training that he decided to put all his energy into a two-year study of the authentic Pilates method. He began his training in The Hague with Marjorie Oron and worked with Romana Krysanowska ,Sari Meija Santo, Sabina Formichella, Philippe Taupin, Jane Poerwoatmodjo and Henry Rushing among others. He received his diploma in 2006 from the internationally renowned master teacher Romana Krysanowska (True Pilates New York, Romanaʻs Pilates).

Jean-Claude returned to France in order to work as a freelance artist and independent Pilates instructor. He also taught Pilates in Monaco, Lyon, The Hague, Amsterdam, London, New York and Paris. In order to deepen his educational expertise, he trained further as a state-certified dance teacher in France in 2010.

In 2012, he decided to return to his home city of Munich to found the Bluebird Pilates studio.
On request, Jean-Claude teaches in English, German and French language.

Anita Schunk

Curriculum vitae
At the young age of four Anita started taking lessons in classical ballet and since developed a strong passion for the aesthetic of dance and demanding exercise. She made her first experiences with Pilates during her training as a stage-artist in Hamburg, Germany. Enthused by this personal experience and the positive effect Pilates had on her own body and mind, she continuously practised this method. Convinced by the exceptional effect of the classical method, the wish developed to share her experience with other people. Therefore, she decided to qualify as a trainer of the original Joseph Pilates method upon completing her studies in cultural anthropology at the university in Passau.

In Davorka Kulenovic she found a knowledgeable mentor, herself a student of Romana Kryzanowska, who had been appointed by Joseph Pilates personally as his successor. Upon completing her training, she embarked upon a career as an instructor, joining the “Bluebird
Pilates” team in the beginning of 2014.

The schooling at the “Pilates New York” centre in Stuttgart, Germany lasts just over one year and covers all principles of teaching floor- and machine work alongside the vast spectrum of the
Pilates- method.

As a certified instructor Anita is permitted to instruct all levels (Basic, Intermediate and Advanced) on the mat as well as on all machines and does so in a very competent and congenial
manner.

She continuously builds on her knowledge through frequent participation in master-classes with internationally renowned instructors worldwide. Anita is a registered member with the Pilatesassociation, Germany.