Studio Director Marco Dingemans is originally from the Netherlands (1969) and finished two degrees in Tourism & Marketing (BA) and Communications & Organisation Science (MA) in his native country. He moved to London in 2010.

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In 2015 Marco trained at Pi Studios in London and qualified as a Classical mat teacher. In 2017 he completed a Classical Reformer training at Core Pilates NY in Wellington.

 

In 2019 he successfully finished a 600 hour teacher training program at Authentic Pilates Education International in Auckland and Sydney and became a fully comprehensive classical pilates teacher.

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In 2022 Marco joined a newly formed non-profit industry organisation Pilates Aotearoa as a founding council member.

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As part of ongoing learning Marco takes regular lessons from other classically trained teachers, joins workshops and goes to multiple day conferences around the world.

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Marco has been the General Manager of Startup Queenstown Lakes since 2021. A part-time job in which he and his team are supporting start-ups in the Queenstown Lakes District. Once a month Marco volunteers for Meals on Wheels.