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Origins

The history of the method and of Joseph Pilates: where Contrology really comes from, before it was ever called Pilates.

Where Boxers Met Ballet

In the spring of 1926, Joseph Pilates landed in New York without a studio of his own. What he found at 939 Eighth Avenue was a boxing gym — and there, among fists and injured dancers, his first clientele took shape.

Contrology in Captivity

Before conquering Hollywood and social media, the method was born where no one would look for it: in a World War I internment camp, tying bed springs to infirmary bedframes.

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