Sandy Bird

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Sandy Bird holds a PITC Diploma in Professional Pilates, and Pilates Moves Certification.

In addition to this she has a BA in Theatre Arts/Dance major and a Diploma of Education both from California State University.

Sandy has had an extensive career in dance having taught, studied, performed and choreographed in America and Australia. She has studied and taught the Limon dance method. Her teaching posts include Bodenweiser Dance studio, The Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre, MacDonald College of Performing Arts, The Newtown School of Performing Arts, and The University of New South Wales all in Sydney Australia. She has performed extensively in America and Australia and founded her own Dance Company Ricochet Dance Theatre in Sydney in 1992. Richochet toured throughout New South Wales schools performing lecture/demonstration works for students and teachers.

She has created and presented several Pilates routines for both the FILEX fitness industry and Mind Your Body Pilates conferences. She also developed Pilates Evolution, a DVD produced by Oz Aerobics featuring a workout combining contemporary dance with Pilates repertoire. She served as a board member with Ausdance, an Australian national organizational dance body, for two consecutive years.

Sandy has spent thirteen years studying and refining her practice in Pilates. Together with her husband, Sandy founded Evolution Pilates in Sydney Australia and in 2006, Pilates Focus, based in Rotorua New Zealand.