Jennifer Kries, native New Yorker, dancer, choreographer, Pilates Method Innovator, Master Instructor, orator and fitness celebrity has enjoyed the benefits of Pilates for over fifteen years. Having studied with three of Joseph Pilates original disciples, Eve Gentry, Romana Kryzanowska and Ron Fletcher and with her background as professional dancer and yoga devotee, she brings a rich and diverse perspective to her work.

She first discovered its timeless principles at age 14 in a Mat class given by Pilates disciple, Eve Gentry. After suffering a hip injury years later while on tour in London, and remembering its rehabilitative principles, she found a Pilates Annex at London's Pineapple Dance Center and miraculously, after just one month of intensive classes was back in rehearsal. She then enrolled in a three month teacher training program, whereupon she received her English Pilates Method Degree.

Jennifer's U.S. training began with a Pilates Studio Certification Program led by Romana Kryzanowska and continued with study under Ron Fletcher in Los Angeles. The synergy of her Pilates background, her intensive study of anatomy with renowned exercise physiologist and movement scientist, Irene Dowd, coupled with her own study of Yoga, (including Hatha, Iyengar, Kundalini and Ashtanga) and her added focus on back strengthening techniques, led Jennifer to develop an updated modality called Jennifer Kries/The Method, a new generation of mind-body exercise.

She is responsible for starting the Pilates Program for Towne Sports International's New York Sports Clubs and World Gym, New York. After pioneering the institution of Pilates in gym facitlites in 1990, her idea caught on like wild fire and in 1999, her mat class was voted one of America's Top Ten Group Classes by Shape Magazine and has since been introduced to a wide range of public and private fitness facilities across the United States and the world.

Owing to the immense popularity of her seven award-winning fitness videos entitled "The Method" Series, the video company created a forum to feature Jennifer's Method Workout. She has created, choreographed and starred in 52 episodes of FOX/ Fit TV's Alternative Health and Fitness Series, The Method Show which airs regularly nationwide.

Ms. Kries has achieved international acclaim as Method spokesperson and was recently presented with Fitness Magazine's most prestigious award: 1999's Best Mind-Body Video. Since her video series' release, Ms. Kries has appeared as a featured guest on numerous television broadcasts (the nationally televised "Recipe for Health", Regis and Kathy Lee and Rosie O'Donnell), radio programs in New York and Los Angeles, on the cover of Total Health Magazine, August, 1999 and has appeared as guest speaker at renowned health institutions and spa facilities worldwide. She is the Artistic Director and Founder of Contemporary Dance Theatre New York and the Founder of the Balanced Body Center at New York's World Gym where she educates both teachers and the public in sports rehabilitation and strength training.

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