Product Details

• Actors: Classical Pilates Inc.
• Directors: Peter Fiasca
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Extra tracks, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Classical Pilates, Inc.
• DVD Release Date: June 2, 2003
• Run Time: 240 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009W2LP
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,128 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

From the Actor
The Mission of Classical Pilates Inc. is to film and preserve Joseph Pilates’ original method and classical technique. We are wholeheartedly committed to demonstrating that Pilates is both a science of the body and an art form, as well as poetry in motion when practiced with proper form, dynamics, rhythm, and musicality. Classical Pilates exhibits how this brilliant method of body conditioning ultimately aims toward technical clarity, robust rhythms, suppleness, strength, and artfulness through movement. We also show that the Pilates method is a lot of fun!

Product Description
Classical Pilates technique videos feature two of the most renowned Pilates professionals in the world, master instructor Bob Liekens and commentator Alycea Ungaro, who uphold the tradition and high ideals of Joseph Pilates original New York City Studio, which began during the 1920s.The professionalism, vision, and breadth of scope of this Classical Pilates video is in a rarefied class of its own. This 2-DVD set is expertly organized, fascinating to watch, and includes so many exercises that it's tempting to think of Classical Pilates' Studio Equipment Series as an artful encyclopedia that every Pilates training center, instructor, student, and enthusiast should own.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Collection Unsurpassed, January 18, 2004

By	Nutmeagen (Broadway) - See all my reviews

Although the Classical Pilates Technique DVDs were not shot in an exotic location or on a luxurious set, these are the finest Pilates DVDs on the market. They exhibit the high standards of instruction required of all who were trained in the tradition of Romana Kryzanowska.

I have read in other reviews that the instruction does not focus enough on the Breath and must offer my opinion. Joseph Pilates himself said: "Above all, learn to breathe properly." By that, Mr. Pilates meant to take full inhalations and complete exhalations. He believed in a deep lateral breath. My beginning students are always concerned with when to inhale and exhale and I tell them to be more concerned with how, not when, to breathe. The body will find its own natural pattern to assist in the movement.

In Ms. Ungaro's directions, I have found a new path to familiar routines and with my own students, I now use many of the powerful images that Mr. Liekens delivers throughout his voiceovers. Two of the DVDs in the collection include discussions, from which much additional information about the Pilates method can be learned. All in all, this collection of Pilates instruction remains unsurpassed.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Cool DVD Set, November 13, 2003

By	Brenda (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

I am so satisfied by Classical Pilates' work, that I decided to write this second review for the equipment DVD set. As I said for their Mat Workout Series, I am an exercise enthusiast who loves cross training: swimming, running, biking, tennis, and skiing.

I started Pilates about a year ago and it helped every other activity I enjoy. So I bought about five Pilates mat DVDs from Amazon. I started looking for an equipment DVD because I am taking lessons from a certified intructor, and we use Pilates equipment. Since I loved Classical Pilates' Mat Workout Series, I decided to give this a try. Whoa! You cannot ask for a more thorough demonstration of the entire Pilates method. The work is amazing and has so much rich material to watch that I will never ever get bored (a problem I had with some other DVDs).

As I said about the other Classical Pilates DVD, the instrucor is not just telling you what to do. He describes what you should be feeling and thinking. This is another level of depth entirely.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular, January 4, 2004

By A Customer

As an instructor, I highly recommend this Classical Pilates DVD for beginning through advanced clients. Even if you do not own the equipment, but take lessons regularly, this is a complete collection of exercises which you will learn from your instructors. Understanding the nuances involved in performing the exercises correctly on the equipment can take years to comprehend. Classical Pilates' DVDs illustrate these points clearly and succinctly. Congratulations to Classical Pilates for a spectacular presentation of the original Pilates method of body conditioning.