Body conditioning with pilates for Tango dancers, dancers, and anyone interested in improving stability, strength & flexibility
Personalised Classes for you
These private classes are for those dancers who wish to explore more advanced levels of tango dancing but may need to improve their Tango technique, and recover good natural movement, stability, coordination, flexibility, etc.
These classes are taught in a private class set up and they're designed for those Tango dancers who are interested in improving their strength and flexibility and stability through the Pilates principles. This somatic discipline is a very useful tool for improving postural alignment, core strength, ankle stability, and balance, leg extensions, body awareness, etc.
Every class will include practical application of this technique to Tango.
As a professional dancer and choreographer, Laura used Pilates to increase her strength and fitness, which led her to love the method so much that she decided to train as a teacher. Now in London, she has specialized in the Basi Pilates Matwork technique, which complements her practice and has improved her teaching skills.
Laura loves teaching her clients to move with awareness and from within.
For more information contact me at ldatango.london@gmail.com
or please fill out the form below.
Group Classes for everyone:
If you would like to join our weekly class for beginners, classes are held at the West Wimbledon Society Hall every Thursday from 12 to 1pm starting on the 22nd of January, 2026.
Laura first started teaching Pilates in 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Teaching at various Pilates centres such as Suma Control and Pilates Paikea until 2009 when she then moved to London.
Laura is also qualified as a Basi Pilates Instructor since 2016.
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A brief of history: Pilates is a method of exercise that consists of low-impact, flexibility, muscular strength and endurance movements originally developed by Joseph Pilates.
It focuses on using both the mind and body to achieve optimum performance. Pilates emphasises in postural alignment, core strength, and muscle balance. It focuses on the muscle length instead of building volume of muscle and its focus on the quality of movement rather the number of repetitions.
The Pilates exercises programme is for any body type, age, and level of fitness. It can help to prevent or reduce the development of some issues and conditions associated with aging, as well as healing and preventing injuries.
Pilates is named after its creator, Joseph Pilates, who developed the exercises in the 1920s.
The Ten Pilates Principles are:
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Awareness
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Balance
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Breath
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Concentration
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Centre
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Control
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Efficiency
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Flow
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Precision
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Harmony
Pilates mat work involves working against gravity and bodyweight to hold and maintain a range of positions using strength, the breath, and stamina.
LDA Pilates Mat Classes are based on the BASI PILATES® method, which is a progressive and contemporary approach to the original Pilates exercise method created by Joseph Pilates. Flow, precision, and breath are key elements of Laura's Pilates classes which also focus on deep core strength; alignment of joints to improve strength and flexibility; pelvic and shoulder stabilisation, to restore good posture alignment, and balance.
All the group classes are held in Raynes Park area and they are for all abilities with a maximum of 15 people per class to allow for individual attention where needed. Our classes run throughout the School terms.
All you’ll need to bring is a mat and a small towel. Sometimes we will incorporate the use of resistance bands, balls, and Pilates rings.
Pilates benefits
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Total Body Workout
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Core Stability & Postural Alignment
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Muscle Tone and Strength
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Increase flexibility and spinal mobility
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Improve coordination
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Relieve lower back pain
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Improve Body Awareness
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Boost self-esteem
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Stress reduction
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Helps to correct imbalances in the body
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Combined with cardiovascular exercises contribute to lose weight
As a beginner, you may sometimes feel breathing is a struggle during the Pilates exercises. It can be challenging to change the way you naturally breathe.
In the Pilates method, we emphasize in lateral breathing (expansion of the rib cage to the sides) to facilitate and maintain the abdominal muscles in a consistent contraction while performing exercises, especially during the inhalation.
Breathing out on the effortful part of the movement, creates an increased muscle activity in the deep abdominals, maximising the protection of the lower back and making the exercise more effective.
The lateral breathing pattern helps you also to create a fluid breathing cycle and not to hold your breath during the hard bits of the exercises.
During the classes you will receive guidance to go through the exercises in a variety of ways:
Auditorial cuing I will be giving you some verbal explanation of the movements, sometimes with some imageries examples, to help you to locate the muscles or to understand the way the movement should be explored and executed.
Tactile cuing, helps you to have the experience of sensing the movements. Sometimes I will use the tactile cuing to facilitate correction on the alignment of the body or help to create some resistances for you to feel the muscles engaged in a particular exercise.
Visual cuing, I will be showing the Pilates exercises for you to see them.
Experimental cuing, sometimes I will allow you to do the exercises without too many corrections for you to have a first experience of the movement, after that, I will correct you and direct you further if needed.