Passenger manifests showed both Joe and Clara; then known as Anna Clara Zuener, crossed on a ship called the Westphalia, which left from Hamburg, Germany on April 14, 1926, and arrived in New York on April 27.

May 14, 1977 · Clara Pilates, who taught an exercise system popular with leading film stars, dancers and musicians, died yesterday in St. Clare's Hospital. She was 95 years old.

Birth name: Anna Klara Zeuner Record Type: Naturalization Declaration (citizenship) Birth: 6 Feb 1883 Chemitz, Germany Arrival: 27 Apr 1926 New York, NY Declaration Date: 28 Nov 1933 (New York) bur. May 19, 1977, Location: Ferncliff Mausoleum.

He developed an extensive repertoire of exer-cises to be performed on the apparatus, which he named the Universal Reformer, calling his program “Corrective Exercise,” and later branding it “Contrology.” It is not clear when Pilates met Anna Clara Zeuner, a nursery school teacher.

Joseph Pilates and Anna Clara Zuener Again according to Stacey Redfield-Dreisbach, Joseph never did marry Clara.

During the travel, he met Anna Clara Zuener, who would have become his wife. The personal achievement and the "Pilates" success. Arrived in New York, Pilates begun codifying his workout technique, which he called Contrology.

CLARA PILATES, TEACHER OF CONTROLOGY EXERCISE Clara Pilates, who taught an exercise system popular with leading film stars, dancers and musicians, died yesterday in St. Clare’s Hospital. She was 95 years old.

Jan 31, 2017 · This month is a tribute to Pilates’ long-time love, life partner and (better) half, Clara Pilates! Clara was born Anna Clara Zuener in 1883 in Chemnitz, Germany. Clara met Joe on a boat traveling to New York City in 1926.

Feb 3, 2021 · The legend goes that on the ship moving to America Mr. Pilates met Anna Clara Zeuner or Clara. Unfortunately, later academic research has not been able to clearly verify when the two met, but the story of them meeting on the boat is something that has been shared in the Pilates community for years.

It is not clear when Pilates met Anna Clara Zeuner, a nursery school teacher. Clara became an integral partner in developing and teaching his method, as well as managing the studio business. She dedicated herself to teaching his work and was regarded by many as a superb and perhaps more approachable teacher than Pilates himself.