ABOUT US

Maria Elena Bongiorni discovered Pilates when she was still a teenager while she was practicing
classical ballet and contemporary dance at the Choreograph Learning Center of the Carcano
Theatre in Milan. Later on she perfected the knowledge of this method at the Power Pilates
New York where she had the chance to meet the first generation Pilates teachers that were working
with Joseph and Clara Pilates in Manhattan, and the second generation that absorbed the wide
knowledge of Romana Kryzanowska, the student who was chosen by Joseph Pilates
to pass on all the work of his living. From 2012 the close collaboration with Karine Cid,
Senior Teacher Trainer of Power Pilates New York and example of a very professional reliability,
gave a surplus value to her educational path. Today Maria Elena collaborates with Holly Murray of Pi Studio London, one of the most experienced professionals in the sector worldwide for the project of Pilates Training School of Classical Pilates in Milan.