Light skin female is in a plank like position with a block supporting her pubic bone for support. Her chest is extended out and up to a window. Kay Ottinger. Photo Courtesy of artist.
ID: Light skin female is in a plank like position with a block supporting her pubic bone for support. Her chest is extended out and up to a window. Kay Ottinger. Photo Courtesy of artist.

Pilates Essentials

Pilates offers foundational core exercises to support the diverse strengthening needs we have. Each class will be centered around a weekly theme or body part. Questions and inquiries from students will also guide and change how we approach each session. This slower paced Pilates class is intended to allow students time to center and build strength through awareness around how they are moving. We will use a mix of techniques: foam rolling, contemporary & classical Pilates, stretching and breath to dive into the mechanics of our strengthening practice. All are welcome and no previous experience is necessary.

What to expect:
This Pilates class will be detailed and anatomical but will move globally and offer different techniques like self massage, contemporary & classical Pilates exercises, stretching, and breath to create more awareness and openness in the body for when we start to strengthen and move into harder classical Pilates movements. This class is appropriate for all and questions are very, very welcome.

Accessibility Notes

  • This class includes auditive guidance.
  • For access information about Gibney’s facilities refer to their website.

To request ASL interpretation or Audio Description, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “ASL/Audio Description Request, Kay Ottinger” at least three (3) weeks prior to the date you plan to attend.

For access-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “Kay Ottinger.”

Register for this class

In-Person

    To register visit Gibney´s Class Schedule:

    Location

    Gibney at 280 Broadway
    280 Broadway (Enter at 53A Chambers Street)
    New York, NY 10007

    • Get the Brown - BMT Nassau Street Line numbers: J , Z to Chambers Street
    • Get the Yellow - BMT Broadway Line numbers: N , R to City Hall
    • Get the Red - IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line numbers: 1 , 2 , 3 to Chambers Street
    • Get the Blue - IND Eighth Avenue Line numbers: A , C to Chambers Street
    • Get the Green - IRT Lexington Avenue Line numbers: 4 , 5 , 6 to Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall

    Faculty

    Kay Ottinger

    Kay Ottinger

    Kay Ottinger has moved through New York as a dancer, performance coordinator and curator since 2010. For the past 3 years she has been living in Colombia working on the project Wilderness along with teaching improvisation and Pilates in Medellín and Bogotá.

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