Javier Pérez Pont returns to PSI April 11 – 14 to teach several workshops, one on the Guillotine and another about the Reformer on the Cadillac, plus he will offer lessons. Javi is a Romana’s Pilates Master Instructor certified under Romana Kryzanowska and Sari Mejia. He is the author with E. Aparicio of the first biography about Joseph Pilates and 7 e-books collection “Contrology Pilates Physical Culture.”
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More about Javier Perez-Pont
Master Instructor Romana’s Pilates & Biographer of Joseph Pilates
Javier is an accomplished Pilates instructor with 25 years of Pilates experience and is the author of “Hubertus Joseph Pilates: The Biography,” and many other books. Javier is in high demand around the world. Javier’s knowledge of the method is inspiring and watching him teach is an honor as he maintains the standards taught to him by Romana . He is dedicated to keeping the Pilates Method alive and pays homage to the past, while actively looking to the future and spreads the work both written and practically throughout the world.
Before becoming a Pilates instructor, Javier was a professional dancer for over 15 years and worked as a Soloist and Principal dancer in several highly respected European Companies. In 1994, he discovered the Pilates method and moved to New York to learn directly from the legendary Romana Kryzanowska and her daughter Sari Mejia-Santo. After certifying as a Pilates instructor, Javier remained in New York and taught alongside Romana and Sari for many years continuing to learn and train with his teachers and mentors. In 1999, he returned to Barcelona and opened the first Pilates Studio in Spain.
In 2002, he was made a Level II Romana’s Pilates Instructor Trainer and opened the first Pilates Teacher Training Programme in Spain. In 2005, along with Esperanza Aparicio Romero (Level II Romana’s Pilates Instructor Trainer) he published “The Authentic Pilates Method, The Art of Control”; which has been a best seller in Spain and throughout Spanish-Speaking America. In 2012 Javier and Esperanza published a collection of seven e-books under the title “Contrology Pilates Physical Culture”;, these books are about the Pilates technique and apparatus. Javier and Esperanza’s largest and most ambitious book is “; Hubertus Joseph Pilates: The Biography” published in 2013, as was the result of years of detailed research into the life and work of Joseph Pilates. This biography is highly regarded as the best biography of Joseph Pilates available.
Javier was promoted to Level 1x Romana’s Pilates instructor in 2017 and teaches and examines throughout the world. He lectures about the biography and his research at Pilates conventions worldwide. Javier is a passionate, inspiring and incredibly talented Pilates teacher. Kinetic Pilates is very lucky and honored to host Javier at the studio when we can. His expertise, sense of humor and detailed approach to the work make him a remarkable teacher who is truly one of the best!