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Sylvia Overton is a Pilates practitioner, Movement Coach and Ballroom Dance teacher. She has been involved in sports and dance all her life, the past
20 years of which have been in the wonderful world of strictly competitive ballroom dancing. Sylvia competed internationally on the amateur circuit since her teenage years, travelling extensively around the world. Sylvia's passion for dance brought her to London where post competitively she was encouraged to take up Pilates and has since gone on to study and explore the art of teaching movement.
Sylvia qualified with the PILATESfoundation UK in 2002 and is a fully trained comprehensive pilates practitioner. Her passion for understanding movement took her to Holland where she completed a 3 year professional study in Somatic Movement Coaching from which she graduated in 2007. Sylvia is an experienced pilates practitioner having freelanced at various private studios in and around London as well as working on the Performance & Health Team at Laban University and Trinity College of Music London. In 2005 she set up and managed her first clinic at Westminster Physiotherapy Centre before moving to Light Centre Belgravia in 2007 where she now runs her busy pilates and movement studio.
Sylvia is also a Ballroom dance teacher with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance London. She teaches beginners and competitive level couples and runs classes from her studio The Ballroom Chelsea in London. She continues to be involved in the competitive world of dance, giving movement workshops for competitors.
Sylvia is a registered practitioner with British Association of Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM), supporting health and wellbeing for performing artists.