Alvin Quek

Co founder, Certified Pilates Instructor

Alvin is an international Pilates instructor with a dance degree from Queensland University Australia. He is an experienced choreographer and performer, and has danced professionally with the Arts Fission Company of which he is a founding member. Having been nominated for the Young Artists Award in 1998, Alvin went on to become Outstanding Instructor of the Year. A past lecturer at the LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts and consultant to the Civil Service Dance Group, he is also the Founding Director of the Wheel Dance Repertory, a physically handicapped performing group.

Alvin is highly experienced in Pilates mat work and the use of studio equipment. Until recently, he worked closely with recognised medical practitioners, physiotherapists and orthopaedic surgeons. Alvin now spends his time teaching at PilatesClinic and is the principal trainer and external examiner for other leading London Pilates schools.

Irit Endleman

Co founder, Msc Physiotherapist, Certified Pilates Instructor

Irit is a highly qualified physiotherapist with a Master degree of science in advanced Physiotherapy at University College London and is a member of the MACP. She has ten years experience in treating and rehabilitating private patients and athletes including professional dancers and footballers. Irit's background as a dancer at the National Israeli Ballet Company has given her a strong base for mastering Pilates as a form of treatment. Her ability to combine a high level of manual technique with the Pilates method means that she can tailor specific rehabilitation programmes for individual problems. She has recently published her unique research into a study on the effects of Pilates on the abdominal muscles. Irit is currently teaching other Physiotherapists and Pilates instructors how to adapt the traditional Pilates repertoire into a flexible and effective medical procedure as well as continuing her work with private patients requiring individual programmes.

Alex Smart

Senior Physiotherapist Bsc,

Alex graduated from Oxford Brookes University in 2003 with a BSc (hons) in Physiotherapy and has been practicing as a chartered physiotherapist since. He has had the benefit of working in a variety of settings including the NHS where he worked for over four years and further developed his skills treating acute, chronic and long term conditions. Since leaving the NHS, Alex has worked in various private clinics. He gained experience treating West End production's actors and dancers. His passion to Ski led him to take an opportunity to live, work and treat injured Skiers in Courchevel skiing resort in France.  Alex keeps up to date with the latest research through regular attendance of post graduate courses.  This enables him to draw upon a broad vocabulary of physiotherapy techniques, to treat specific musculoskeletal conditions efficiently and get the optimum outcome for each one of his clients.

Mariah Thomas

In house Pilates instructor, NVQ level 3

Mariah discovered her passion and the benefits of the Pilates method while training as a professional classical Ballet dancer. She danced for various American ballet companies including Ballet Austin, The Pennsylvania Ballet and Augusta Ballet Company. Thorough the several dance injuries she sustained as a performing dancer she developed a keen interest in dance medicine and Pilates rehabilitation. Mariah received her first Pilates qualification in 2003 from Body Balancing USA (''Pilates method alliance'' recognised). Upon moving to the U.K. she continued her extensive training and gained higher Pilates teachers qualification from Pilates International in London. Mariah gained experience in teaching Pilates to complex presentations and persistent/chronic pain through her work alongside Physiotherapists. She has a special interest in the management of pregnant and postnatal women, as well as pelvic and low back pain. Mariah continues to teach the classical Pilates method to the uninjured population; dancers and athletes.