Pilates Twins

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We lived in many states and trained with wonderful teachers across the country. One of our goals is to provide a supportive and encouraging environment to the dancer community and give back!  We know what it is like to train year-round in ballet, from an early age, with the goal of entering a company. We were accepted into many top summer programs including SAB, ABT,  Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, and Washington Ballet to name a few, competed at YAGP, and performed with our pre-professional companies. We enjoyed living and training year round in D.C. and Virginia; L.A. and Agoura; and Houston Ballet Academy and the Dallas area. We have taught ballet for adults and kids and currently teach for the fun and the love of ballet in Dallas for friends and colleagues when time permits. 

Romana's Pilates International is a specific style of Pilates created by Romana and maintained by those closest to her. It's the truest form of classical Pilates that Joseph Pilates created and perfect for dancers and athletes. 

We feel honored to introduce the dancer community to Romana's Pilates, knowing her love for ballet, passion for teaching, and her legacy of helping students achieve more than they thought possible! Romana's Pilates is an art, a discipline, and to many, a discovery into a lifelong lifestyle of health.

Our approach is centered around you, your training goals, and we take into mind any present or past injuries. If you make our sessions part of your weekly training program, you will be a stronger, healthier dancer, in body and mind, with more endurance to achieve your dreams! 

As former ballet dancers, we continue to seek a balanced lifestyle, rehabilitative health, along with strength and flexibility throughout the lifespan. We appreciate Romana's Pilates methods that employ the mind, one’s own strength, muscle memory, and recognizable gains in a boutique, studio style environment.

• Did you know Romana was Joseph Pilates's Protégé in his New York City Ballet studio while she trained at SAB?
• Romana's son is Paul Mejia, who danced for George Balanchine at New York City Ballet. 
• Romana's children and grandchildren have trained at SAB and danced at New City Ballet, including her grandson who is a current Principal at New York City Ballet. 
• Grace and Kathryn trained & danced for Paul Mejia in Arlington, TX, where they were introduced to Romana's Pilates at 14. Training in Romana's Pilates started full-time at age 23 and they obtained certification at age 24. 
• Today, Romana's Pilates International is taught by Romana's daughter Sari & her granddaughter Daria with headquarters out of Fort Lauderdale, FL, serving a community of instructors and students from around the world.