Pilates/ Restorative Stretches

Pilates with Olivia Bowman-Jackson at Ailey Extension. Photo by Whitney Browne

Pilates teaches students how to prevent injury and target pain and muscle-tension by building a strong core, increasing flexibility, and using props such as blocks, balls, and foam rollers to stretch and self-massage. The tools that you learn in these classes will improve your everyday life and add range and balance to your dancing.

Restorative Stretches offers a new way to stay moving and increase flexibility. “Moveology” practices are for everyone, from adults working at home looking to stay active to seniors looking to increase mobility through movement. Class will consist of exercises that can easily be adjusted to each individual’s ability and space while engaging the entire body and improving range of motion.

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January 06, 2022

Ailey Extension Kicks Off 2022 With Celebration Of Founder Alvin Ailey, New Weekly Classes, And Free Dance Cardio Workshop

(NEW YORK) January 6, 2022 – Ailey Extension is helping people all around the world kickstart their 2022 resolutions with new workshops and weekly classes to help make movement part of a fun and healthy lifestyle. Throughout January, students of all ages and experience levels will have the chance to explore new dance styles and get started on their fitness goals by getting moving with New York City’s elite instructors. The updated weekly schedule offers dancers ages 16 and up plenty of new opportunities to join in the dance either in-studio at the Joan Weill Center for Dance – NYC’s largest building dedicated to dance – or virtually from wherever they are located. Kids ages 5-11 and teens/tweens ages 12-17 can also get moving with Ailey during the Kids & Teens Sunday Dance Series.