Class Timetable
Classes from 25 Apr, 2024 to 02 May, 2024
| Date | Time | Class | Instructor | Location | Availability | |
| Fri 26 April | 4:00pm | Classical Pilates - Circuit Using Pilates apparatus including the Reformer, Barrel, Wunda Chair and Cadillac, in these small group classes you will follow your own individual programme as you rotate between each piece of Pilates equipment. Each machine features a system of springs, creating resistance to allow and encourage the muscles of the hips, shoulders, arms and legs to work effectively. The resistance can be altered and set to suit the needs of each individual. This enables our team to devise a programme to facilitate the best possible outcome for our clients’ varying needs. An introductory assessment/therapist referral is required prior to taking part in a Group Circuit class. All Group Circuit classes have a maximum of four clients and provide individual targeted tuition. | Aydanne King A former professional ballerina, Aydanne has been taking Pilates classes since the age of 12, initially to help improve physical performance in dance and later for rehabilitation. As with many elite dancers, Aydanne’s time as a ballerina didn’t come without injury. After 4 knee surgeries, she spent a lot of her time in the Pilates studio getting stronger, learning about her own body and how she could get the best from within. During this time, she also practised other forms of movement such as Yoga, Gyrotonic, Bo technique, Alexander technique and Feldenkrais. Aydanne then went on to teach Pilates because she wanted to stay connected to her body and help others do the same, gaining her first professional qualification in 2016.
In 2019, Aydanne moved to London, where she continued to teach Pilates. She is expert at uncovering the source of any “bad habits” in the way we move and using the most effective exercises to help rebuild and realign from head to toe.
Aydanne has previously worked with professional dancers, actors, opera singers, pregnant and postpartum women, and not to mention, men and women of all levels of experience who simply wish to move better. Whether she’s working with an elite athlete or someone with a sedentary lifestyle, her approach is the same – it’s all about truly respecting and understanding the body of each individual and helping her clients regain self-confidence and connection with their own bodies. | Little Venice Pilates | Book Now | 1714143600 |
| Tue 30 April | 4:00pm | Classical Pilates - Circuit Using Pilates apparatus including the Reformer, Barrel, Wunda Chair and Cadillac, in these small group classes you will follow your own individual programme as you rotate between each piece of Pilates equipment. Each machine features a system of springs, creating resistance to allow and encourage the muscles of the hips, shoulders, arms and legs to work effectively. The resistance can be altered and set to suit the needs of each individual. This enables our team to devise a programme to facilitate the best possible outcome for our clients’ varying needs. An introductory assessment/therapist referral is required prior to taking part in a Group Circuit class. All Group Circuit classes have a maximum of four clients and provide individual targeted tuition. | Antonio De La Fe Guedes Antonio had already trained as a Physiotherapist in Spain before he started to train as a professional dancer. During this time he also completed his Pilates training in 2003, focusing on using Pilates both as a rehabilitation tool and as a bridge between his dance and physiotherapy practice. Whilst working as a Pilates instructor from 2003 and 2005 in Madrid Antonio studied contemporary dance at the Royal Professional Dance Conservatoire (Mariemma) in Madrid in 2005. Thereafter he moved to London to undertake a more intense dance training programme, completing a Cert HE and an MA at the London Contemporary Dance School. He joined Little Venice team in 2008, and continues to work as a professional dancer and choreographer (winning a number of scholarships and awards along the way). As well as bringing his backgrounds in physiotherapy and dance, into his Pilates teaching, Antonio is interested in mental imagery, mindfulness and body awareness as tools for repatterning movement. His approach not only makes the Pilates repertoire more accessible, even to the least experienced clients, but also allows him to adapt it to match each individual client’s needs. Antonio loves working with the simplest exercises in the Reformer yet exploring them in depth. He also loves the possibilities that the Little Venice equipment offers – particularly the Cadillac – for working on spinal mobilisation and flexibility. Antonio is fluent in English and Spanish. | Little Venice Pilates | Book Now | 1714489200 |