![]() ![]() His work from this period consisted mainly of burlesque-like blackout sketches on the one hand and dramatic works with strong social content, like Death of a Loyalist or Strange Fruit, (set to Abel Meeropol’s song about a lynching) on the other. ![]() In the summer of 1937 Robbins began dancing and choreographing at Tamiment, a progressive-movement resort in Pennsylvania’s Pocono mountains which featured a resident singing-acting-dancing troupe and weekend revues starring emerging talents like Danny Kaye, Imogene Coca, and Carol Channing. But the fledgling dancer - who like other members of his family took the surname of Robbins for work in the theater - also studied ballet with Ella Daganova and in 1937 appeared in the Yiddish Art Theatre production of The Brothers Ashkenazi, directed by and starring Maurice Schwartz, for which Sandor did the choreography. Gluck-Sandor was a hybrid as a choreographer - ballet-trained, dedicated to modern dance, but also a veteran of Broadway, burlesque, and vaudeville - and his expressive, theatrical style attracted Robbins from the outset. Unwilling to work in the corset factory, he tried to find employment in some form of show business and through his sister Sonia, who had already danced professionally with Irma Duncan and Senya Gluck-Sandor’s Dance Center, he got an apprenticeship with Sandor’s company. Intending to study either chemistry or journalism, he matriculated at New York University in the autumn of 1935 but the Depression took a turn for the worse in 1936 and his family could no longer support his education - especially considering that he was, by his own account, failing two courses (math and French) out of five. Young Jerome, who showed an early aptitude for music, dancing, and theatrics, attended schools in Weehawken and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1935. Rabinowitz was at first a shopkeeper with a delicatessen on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in the 1920’s he moved the family to Jersey City and then to Weehawken, New Jersey, where he and a brother-in-law established the Comfort Corset Company. If you need help renewing your status please contact us.Jerome Robbins (born 11 October 1918 in New York City) was the younger of two children of Harry Rabinowitz, who emigrated to America from Poland in 1904, and his wife Lena Rips. If you are looking for a current trainer to hire at your studio or book a session with please visit the Pilates Trainer Directory here ![]() If you believe your name is listed here in error - or - you can confirm a current certificate elsewhere - or - you are no longer teaching Pilates please contact us. If you know someone on this list who is currently teaching Pilates please let us know. We have tried to contact these individuals several times to address their certificate status but have been unsuccessful in reaching them or they have willingly let their certificate lapse. Power Pilates assumes no responsibility for all claims, demands, rights and causes of action of whatever kind or nature, arising from and by reason of any and all known and unknown, foreseen and unforeseen bodily and personal injuries, damage to property, and the consequences thereof, whether or not caused or contributed to in whole or in part by the negligence of the above trainer, resulting from any participation in connection with the Pilates training or conduct with the above trainer. The below is a list of individuals that may not be licensed to teach Pilates. These trainers are currently out of status.
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