Zahava Pilates

About Zahava

Zahava was qualified in America by the renowned Pilates Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on reformer, cadillac and mat work.

She has owned and directed studios in California and Johannesburg. Also lectured at Cape Town University on Pilates and dance movements. She has taken many refresher courses in Stott Pilates in South Africa and was invited to world renowned spas such as Cal a Vie and the Golden Door to teach and lecture on Pilates.

Over the past 30 years Zahava has taught and developed her own teaching style and methods which include producing her own prize winning barefoot video, which was nominated by the American Film Institute for best exercise video. She teaches Pilates both for dancers and remedial therapy on machines and without.

Ex Royal Ballet London, Ballerina - Zahava Goldfoot is a no-nonsense, hands on teacher who passionately wants her students to see, feel and be inspired with a life-long commitment to fitness through movement and dance. She has danced and taught and choreographed worldwide.

She danced with the Royal Ballet over a five year period. Her roles included solos in Swan Lake, Coppelia, Les Sylphides, Sleeping Beauty amongst others. She danced in musicals in Dublin, Los Angeles and Johannesburg such as West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph (which she also choreographed in Dublin). Danced and choreographed for Abbey Theatre Dublin, John Boorman’s Film “Zardoz” and TV spectaculars for RTE Dublin, and for SABC Johannesburg.

Zahava has now brought her many years of experience to Brighton and Hove.

 

Zahava Pilates