Contemporary Pilates Mat Class Announced Monday Mornings At Town Stages

Town Stages announces a Contemporary Pilates Mat Class led by Jamila Youngstedt on Mondays at 8:30am at Town Stages, 221 West Broadway, NYC. Registration is $20 and can be completed at bit.ly/pilatestown. Pre-registration is required.

Pilates is a system of controlled exercises that engage the mind and condition the body. A blend of strength and flexibility training improves posture, reduces stress, and creates long, lean muscles. This class is a blend of Pilates and other somatic practices designed to make you feel and look longer, stronger, and more in tune with your body. #MovewithJam on Monday mornings to start your week off feeling wonderful!

Jamila Youngstedt is an Equinox-certified Pilates Mat instructor through Pilates Mat Alliance and a Certified GYROTONIC Trainer. She is also the Co-director and choreographer of Tactile Movement Collective, a Sokoloff Arts Fellow at Town Stages, and a freelance dance and Cyr Wheel artist. Jamila currently teaches GYROTONIC and Pilates Mat at Village Gyrotonic in NYC. She has also taught at Bluming Studio and Spaceworks NYC.

Company/performance credits include: Tactile Movement Collective (recently presented at The Tank NYC & Gowanus Ballroom), ZviDance (current apprentice), Loren Royse & Co.("Spun" at Jacob's Pillow), Kinetic Architecture Dance Theatre, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre; work by Merce Cunningham, William Forsythe, Iyun Harrison, Patricia Hon, Robert Moses, Christian Burns, Alex Ketley. Training highlights: Interlochen Arts Academy, Mark Morris Dance Group, Royal Danish Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She holds a B.F.A. in Dance (Magna Cum Laude) from Cornish College of the Arts.

For more information, visit jamilayoungstedt.weebly.com or @movewithjam on Instagram. Town Stages (Robin Sokoloff, Executive Director) is located in the heart of Tribeca.

TOWN is New York's premier venue to celebrate, collaborate, and put on a show.A new female-driven cultural arts institution, Town Stages is a state-of-the-art, flexible performance and event space that can support the entire lifecycle of New York's hallmark industries. With a stunning 9,000 square foot storefront facility, TOWN provides world-class cultural experiences and opportunities for all: from civic to corporate, tech to theater.With a Mainstage, a Cabaret Lounge, a Gallery, and a multi-use event space with a capacity of 225, Town Stages offers much-needed space and production resources for businesses, arts organizations, and families. TOWN boasts ticketed performances and curated community programing, from performance art to dance to theatre, and is also available for fashion shows, film shoots, weddings, and beyond.

For more information, visit www.townstages.com.

Sokoloff Arts (501c3) is an emerging cultural institution providing inspired space, prospective, and opportunity for cutting edge events in all sectors of The Arts, Corporate, Civic, and Cultural life in New York City. Led by a team of women from diverse backgrounds and artistic expressions, Sokoloff Arts works to provide viable and safe space to congregate, strives to promote cross-cultural community engagement, and blends the arts and business to create sustainable solutions to social and financial inequalities. The organization assists young creators with not only space, but resource generation, production, and community. To address the overwhelming demand for hi-tech, flexible, and affordable performance and event space in New York City, Sokoloff Arts has opened Town Stages in Tribeca. To learn more, visit sokoloffarts.org.