My first Pilates experience was  in 1987 as a young dancer in the famous studio on 56th Street.
During my later college years in New York City, I struggled with a knee injury.  Learning the Pilates method gave me the chance to recover very quickly and become productive again.
So I decided to learn from it and got trained as a Pilates teacher in the original classical style and completed an  individual studio training with Romana Kryzanowska in The Gym and Synergy until 1992, before Romana and Sean Gallagher created the license teacher education in 1993.
In addition to Romana Kryzanowska, my teachers included Bob Liekens, Alycea Ungaro, Brooke Siler, Ron Fletcher, Jay Grimes as well as Moira Stott, Alan Herdman, Allan Menezes and Mari Winsor.
Last but not least, I had the chance to take lessons from Kathy Grant, Eve Gentry and Lolita San Miguel.  So I'm a real 2nd generation trainer.
Since then I have worked with dancers and many other students around the world in master classes and studio classes.  In Germany, Holland and Australia I was able to educate around a hundred third-level trainers. My method was called New Spirit Pilates until 2016 and is now called SK Pilates.
I am currently teaching Pilates with dancers around the world, as well as in guest hours in Berlin and Cologne, and online via Zoom & Co. More information about my Pilates can be found (currently only in German) at www.Pilates.stenkuth.com