Joseph Pilates: A Biography

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Premiering Fall 2018
Joseph Pilates: A Biography by Eva Rincke
First published in Germany 2015.

Joseph Pilates: A Biography recounts the life story of the man behind the Pilates method – starting from his difficult childhood in Mönchengladbach to the productive years in his original studio on 8th Avenue in New York City. With archival research in Joe’s homeland of Germany and countless interviews and investigation, Rincke unearths the roots of his method in German Body Culture, his internment on the Isle of Man, short career in professional boxing in the 1920s, first patents and immigration to the United States. This illustrative biography lets the reader experience what it was like to be a student in Joe’s studio and how his influence has, fifty years later, molded the next generation of the Pilates Method.

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Eva is a German historian, writer and copy editor. Her biography of Joseph Pilates was published by German publisher Herder in 2015. Since then she has presented her book and unique understanding of Joseph Pilates in readings in many Pilates studios, book shops and adult education centers in Germany, and collaborated with the German Pilates Association (Deutscher Pilates Verband) to promote knowledge about the life and work of Joseph Pilates in his home country. She was also invited to Austria, Swiss, France, Great Britain and Brazil to read and present her research. She has published many articles about Joseph Pilates and appears in Glaucia Adriana‘s documentary “Tribute to Joseph Pilates“. An English version of her book will be published by INNER STRENGTH PUBLISHING in 2018.

Eva lives in Stuttgart, Germany, with her husband and two children. She currently works as a copy editor for a consumer’s rights organization.

Find out more about her research about Joseph Pilates on her blog: www.pilatesbiography.wordpress.com