Whitney Rippelmeyer-Tucker — pilates
Whitney Rippelmeyer-Tucker (Co-Founder), from the hills of southern Illinois, moved to New York in 2006 to pursue a career in modern dance. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Arizona State University with a BFA in Dance Education. Her interests over time have led her to study Capoeira, Contact Improvisation, various lineages of yoga, boxing, and social dance. She draws from experiences as a public school teacher (Vancouver, WA) and from those as the creator/facilitator of a movement-program for women who were recovering from prostitution (Phoenix, AZ). She is a member of David Dorfman Dance and has danced with Tiffany Mills Company and Wire Monkey Dance. She is currently completing certification as a Birth Doula. Whitney has served on staff as a teacher-trainer at the Kane School of Core Integration, where she completed her certification. She arrived at Pilates as a way to manage hyper-mobility and for injury prevention and is grateful for Pilates’ ability to align and balance the internal/subtle body with external chaos.
What Whitney's clients are saying
I was a long time volunteer at the Kane School and for many months I was working with an amazing pilates teacher-in-training Whitney Tucker. After graduating from and teaching through the renowned Kane School of Core Integration, she is now a well-established Pilates teacher/instuctor and has her own beautiful space (Studio 26) to work her magic out of.
Whitney has helped me regain strength and get my body back into shape after having an accident where I was required to have physical therapy on a regular basis. Once Whitney got her hands on me, I quit PT and we continued to work until I felt whole again.
She has an amazing way of bringing her experience and technique to each individual she comes across. As an accomplished professional dancer, she has had her share of injuries and whenever she works with me she continues to amaze me with new whistles and bells that she introduces during our sessions. I highly recommend her and can’t wait for my next session.
—Eileen M