Marion is a Level 3 qualified Pilates matwork and MK Pilates Barre & Spirals instructor based in Bedfordshire, UK. Whether you do little exercise right now or you’re an athlete, Pilates matwork and both MK Pilates programmes can help to enhance your mobility, strength and overall health.
Marion’s Background
Prior to becoming a Pilates matwork and MK Pilates Spirals & Barre instructor, Marion began her professional career as a ballet dancer. Following an injury, Marion studied Benesh Movement Notation at the Benesh Institute in London and then worked as a Benesh Movement Notator and choreologist for Northern Ballet Theatre, notating Christopher Gable and Michael Pink’s productions of Giselle and Hunchback of Notre Dame.
After moving back to London, Marion joined the production of An Inspector Calls at the Garrick Theatre, which marked the start of a career in Stage Management. For the following 11 years Marion worked on various opera, dance and theatre productions in the West End, at the Royal Opera House, on tour, in regional theatres and on numerous festivals. Favourite shows from this time include Robert North’s The Snowman at the Peacock Theatre (London), Robin Herford’s The Woman in Black at the Fortune Theatre (London) and Adam Long’s Dickens Unplugged at the Comedy Theatre (London).
Some years after the birth of her daughter, Marion began to teach ballet at Vacani Ballet, Ampthill, initially as an assistant, and then also working as a cover teacher, teaching ballet classes to children.
Marion thoroughly enjoys the experience of helping adults from all walks of life taking care of their health by finding the time to join Pilates matwork classes or one or both of the MK Pilates programmes on a regular basis and feeling healthier, more mobile, fitter and less stressed as a result.
Marion holds a focus awards Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates and Certificates of Achievement as a Spirals and barre instructor from MK Pilates. She is currently studying for a level 4 qualification with MK Pilates and drummond education, which includes an Exercise THerapy module.
Marion’s Pilates instructor training course taught the Michael King method. Watch Michael King’s experience and journey as a Pilates instructor, from being taught Pilates twice per week to complement his dance training, to developing his own Pilates method.