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Question 1

When was Pilates Return to Life Throuh Contrology written?

Answer 1

1945

Question 2

Joseph Hubertus Pilates was born in ________ around ____.

Answer 2

Germany, 1880

Question 3

Where was Joe when WWI broke out?

Answer 3

England touring with a boxer

Question 4

Where was Joe held in an internment camp?

Answer 4

Near Lancaster for the duration of the war.

Question 5

Joe was given a job of an orderly at a hospital in ______.

Answer 5

the Isle of Man

Question 6

Joe was in charge of how many patience on the Isle of Man internment camp?

Answer 6

30

Question 7

What was the first piece of equipment Joe made?

Answer 7

The Cadillac

Question 8

The “brown shirts” asked Joe to do what?

Answer 8

Train their police force

Question 9

When did Joe and Clara arrive in NYC?

Answer 9

1926

Question 10

What street was the NYC Ballet and Joe’s Pilates studio located on?

Answer 10

8th Ave

Question 11

Pilates was originally called…

Answer 11

Contrology

Question 12

Clara’s profession was….

Answer 12

a nurse

Question 13

Dancers that Joe initially worked with included (3)…

Answer 13

Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, George Balanchine

Question 14

Joe’s studio was destroyed by fire in _____.

Answer 14

1967

Question 15

Joe died in _____ from complications of smoke inhalation.

Answer 15

1967

Question 16

Clara continued Joe’s work on until her death in____.

Answer 16

1977

Question 17

One of the primary teachers who carried on Joe’s work after his death was ballet dancer _____.

Answer 17

Romana Kryzanowska

Question 18

Romana Kryzanowska started one of the first______.

Answer 18

Teacher Training programs

Question 19

_______ was a well known modern dancer who worked iwth Joe and Clara for many years before moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Answer 19

Eve Gentry

Question 20

Joe helped rehabilitate Eve Gentry after a _______.

Answer 20

Radial Mastectomy

Question 21

Eve Gentry died ______.

Answer 21

In the late 1990’s.

Question 22

______ of Core Dynamics carries on Eve Gentry’s work.

Answer 22

Michelle Larsson

Question 23

A Martha Graham dancer who worked with Joe and Clara late in their lives…

Answer 23

Ron Fletcher

Question 24

Ron Fletcher opened a studio in ______ on what street?

Answer 24

LA on Rodeo Drive.

Question 25

First pilates instructor on the west coast….

Answer 25

Ron Fletcher

Question 26

Credited for specialized work on spine corrector, Step Barrel, and a more “danerly” style…

Answer 26

Ron Fletcher

Question 27

Trained with Joe and opened her own studio in NY where she taught until her death in the late 1990’s.

Answer 27

Carola Trier

Question 28

Carries out Carola Trier’s work in LA

Answer 28

Jillian Hessel

Question 29

Carries otu Carola Trier’s work in NYC

Answer 29

Deborah Lessen

Question 30

Dancer who originally came to Joe with a knee injury…

Answer 30

Kathleen Stanford Grant

Question 31

Kathleen Stanford Grant was one of only two students to what?

Answer 31

Be certified by Joe to teach Pilates

Question 32

Carried on Joe’s work and teaches a mat class to the students and New York University…

Answer 32

Kathleen Stanford Grant

Question 33

Dancer who was certified by Joe while dancing in NYC who later moved to PR and founded Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico

Answer 33

Lolita San Miguel

Question 34

Was a comedian before working with Joe, now is a Jungian physcoanalyst and Pilates instructor in Cambridge Ma

Answer 34

Mary Bowen

Question 35

Romana Kryzanowska passed away in ______

Answer 35

August 2013