Established in 2002, Core Pilates NYC ranks amongst New York City’s best and most recognized studio names for classical Pilates apparatus sessions, group classes, and certifications offered worldwide.

A Core Pilates NYC instructor is characteristic. They have an uncanny ability to tweak little details to get the most out of you. Their understanding of anatomy and movement is second to their talent in conveying the Method’s principles for all to understand. Most of the instructors are graduates of a CPNYC teacher training program and come from backgrounds as diverse as professional dancing to international journalism.

We’re rooted in the original teachings of Joseph Pilates because in our opinion it is truly the only way to get that zing in your body and mind during and after class. But we are also creative thinkers and have challenged convention with doses of modern choreography, sculpting trends and fusion classes.

This is where you’ll experience how we’ve raised the bar. Our Pilates classes are recognized as “smart,” with innovative twists to the classical themes that always keep them fresh.

Variety is a vital part of training and our instructors create a customized Pilates workout that builds in intensity with endless modifications that never get boring. Sessions always circuit through a each piece of Pilates apparatus and classes are strict on classical flow, dynamism, and choreography to keep it fun and challenging. We encourage you to try different teachers to deepen and enrich your technique.

Leadership Team

Michelle Fama

Founder & Creative Director

Candid, Empowering, Unexpected

Prefers Mat over Reformer any day but loves a good classical Tower class. When not leading her team at Core, she’s seeking vintage market treasures, designing interiors, or baking meatballs. On any given Sunday she’s either on a plane to somewhere fun or is in the middle of a DIY home project.

Lynette Galbier

Instructor

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Carrie Campbell

Lead Teacher Trainer

Classical yet progressive, precise

With over 20 years of teaching and educating, there isn’t anything this seasoned pro can't do! Our teacher of teachers leads workshops nationwide and when she’s not on the mat or teaching her fav Core Tower classes, she's hiking or toting her kids (with Swell bottle and hand packed lunch in hand!) to the soccer field or dance studio

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Faculty

Jennifer Lancaster

Faculty, Guest Instructor

Technical, detailed, fun, creative and encouraging.

For that versatile and fun workout she looks nowhere else than our 30/30 class. When not on the Tower (her favorite apparatus) she is inspiring dance students with choreography and traveling with her guitar playing husband. She’s also looking to get her hands really dirty and take up gardening very soon!

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Amanda Vandeventer

Senior Instructor, Faculty

Nurturing, Detail Oriented, Fun

She's our powerhouse in the family. Ask her what she did today and it will involve at least 3 hours of physical fitness. Every. Single. Day she runs and does Pilates. No joke. Always and forever with the Pilates Chair and her fav class is the combo challenge the 20/20/20 delivers. Old movies, the Sunday crossword puzzle, baking and homemade pasta rule her weekends as does seeing her Italian family nearby. You won’t find a more passionate animal lover – she wanted to be a vet and open an animal shelter and save all the puppies and chinchillas of the world.

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Nikki Hung

Faculty, Instructor

Lighthearted, Precise, Clear, Challenging

Variety is the spice – as they say. Nikki likes her workout spicy preferring the classes that give her all apparatus; 30/30 and our 20/20/20. If she had her way we would incorporate Hip Hop Dance cardio to our offerings! Eating baked goods (not baking them), black cats (especially her vampire kitty Lumpy), and strange museums are part of what makes her tick — Morbid Anatomy Museum anyone (she used to be a docent there).

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Michelle Bradshaw

Faculty, Instructor

Sky Spallone

Faculty, Instructor

Nurturing, Informative with an attention to detail

This guitar playing, cake decorating, yogi, baby delivering (she's a Doula) and Evolutionary Astrologer has been a force at the Core studio for over a decade. If you have the privilege of experiencing her energy on and off the Reformer then you know that an hour with Sky is something uniquely special.

Sarah Ruback

Adjunct Faculty

Ed.D., MFA, BFA, ACE, PMA-CPT, TCI, YMHFA, CPR, & MRS

But we know her as Sarah! She was an integral part of the creation and development of Core's teacher training program serving as it's Director for over 14 years. We are thrilled that she continues to inspire our students course after course with her leadership in Anatomy and CPR education.

Faculty

Carrie Campbell

Lead Teacher Trainer

Classical yet progressive, precise

With over 20 years of teaching and educating, there isn’t anything this seasoned pro can't do! Our teacher of teachers leads workshops nationwide and when she’s not on the mat or teaching her fav Core Tower classes, she's hiking or toting her kids (with Swell bottle and hand packed lunch in hand!) to the soccer field or dance studio

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Isadora Roman

Instructor

Bianca Soto

Instructor

Anna Germon

Instructor

As an athlete, Anna never feels as strong both physically and mentally, as when she's doing Pilates. When she's not on the soccer field, traveling, or turning heads while on a her fav Citibike and singing lyrics to almost any song from memory, she's running, hiking and diving deep into her love of teaching Mat and specializing in Pre/Postnatal training and Pilates for athletes.

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Hannah Dillenbeck

Instructor

Anastasia Vershinina

Instructor

Energetic, Engaged, Fun

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Ji Li

Instructor

Enthusiastic, Motivating, and Challenging

There is so much we love about Ji - but the fact that she never leaves home without wearing glitter eyeliner ranks tops! She's not all sparkles... when she's not delivering one of her, as client's say, "challenging" classes she's either in her fav 30/30 class here at Core, cuddling her fur baby, or in the air... she's an aerial artist!

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Eleanor Lougee-Heimer

Instructor