Violet Eagan
(Owner)
Violet is a graduate of the Kane School and is a certified GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS. Violet teaches Pilates and GYROTONIC® at Kinected Studio in N.Y.C. and in her own studio in Park Slope Brooklyn. She also teaches figure skating at Chelsea Piers, Bryant Park and Wollman Rink in Brooklyn, where she is Executive Director of Brooklyn Ice, a free after-school skating program for Brooklyn children. Violet has been teaching dance, figure skating and fitness for over 30 years. She is a Master Figure skating instructor and gold medalist, as well as a century cyclist, former modern and classical dancer, tennis player and skier. Her dance teachers included Andre Eglevsky, Paul Taylor and Twila Tharp and she has skated with Olympic Coach Gustave Lussi. Violet holds a B.A. in history from Syracuse University. www.violeteagan.com
Violet is a graduate of the Kane School and is a certified GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS. Violet teaches Pilates and GYROTONIC® at Kinected Studio in N.Y.C. and in her own studio in Park Slope Brooklyn. She also teaches figure skating at Chelsea Piers, Bryant Park and Wollman Rink in Brooklyn, where she is Executive Director of Brooklyn Ice, a free after-school skating program for Brooklyn children. Violet has been teaching dance, figure skating and fitness for over 30 years. She is a Master Figure skating instructor and gold medalist, as well as a century cyclist, former modern and classical dancer, tennis player and skier. Her dance teachers included Andre Eglevsky, Paul Taylor and Twila Tharp and she has skated with Olympic Coach Gustave Lussi. Violet holds a B.A. in history from Syracuse University. www.violeteagan.com
Annette Bressie Jackson
Annette Bressie Jackson is a former professional ballerina and brings sixteen years of experience from the dance world to her teaching. Her personal practice and life long passion for the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning began while she was performing with the Joffrey Ballet in New York City. After retiring from a performing career, she attended the Pilates Studio teacher’s certification program and has been teaching students of all ages ever since. Currently she is the Director of the Physique Pilates Studio at the JCC of mid-Westchester in Scarsdale, NY. She has been a member of the faculty of Ballet Academy East, the Steffi Nossen School of Dance, Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, Ballet Arts in Pelham, NY. Annette holds a BFA in dance from the University of Utah.
Annette Bressie Jackson is a former professional ballerina and brings sixteen years of experience from the dance world to her teaching. Her personal practice and life long passion for the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning began while she was performing with the Joffrey Ballet in New York City. After retiring from a performing career, she attended the Pilates Studio teacher’s certification program and has been teaching students of all ages ever since. Currently she is the Director of the Physique Pilates Studio at the JCC of mid-Westchester in Scarsdale, NY. She has been a member of the faculty of Ballet Academy East, the Steffi Nossen School of Dance, Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, Ballet Arts in Pelham, NY. Annette holds a BFA in dance from the University of Utah.
Marsha Wagner is been a
professional dancer who began her career as a member of the New York City
Ballet. After four years with N.Y.C.B., she switched her career to the musical
stage and TV, where she danced as a Broadway “gypsy” for more than 30 years. She’s
worked as an assistant choreographer to her husband Frank Wagner for many shows
including the Radio City Music Hall’s Annual Christmas Spectacular. Marsha has
taught jazz and ballet along with Frank at his studio in Carnegie Hall before
moving to Sanibel Florida
29 some years ago. Marsha has become a certified Pilates instructor through master
teacher Romana Kryzanowska. She has taught Pilates for the past 12 years.
Uli Nagel, born
1960, has helped people exercise since entering High School. She has
been teaching Pilates in the Berkshires since 1999. Trained in classical
Pilates by Romana Kryzanowska in New York City, she has since expanded
her repertoire to custom tailor her work for clients of all walks of
life, ages and all fitness levels. “Creating work-outs that continue to
challenge and surprise clients makes this work so rewarding and fun!”
Barbara Boughton has been in love with the sounds of Latin music. She has been dancing the world. Barbara is a certified Zumba instructor and teaches in
Boca Raton in the winter and the Berkshires in the summer. Zumba is
“exercise in disguise”. If you are passionate about dance and Latin
music, come join the party! Barbara is also an Interior Designer and the
Executive Director of the Center for Peace through Culture in Great
Barrington, MA. This non-profit organization is presenting a Conference
at Hancock Shaker Village entitled “Pathways to Peaceful Living, Tools
and Explorations” on Sept. 17, 2011.
