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Sean P. Gallagher, BFA, PT, CFT, CPT

Sean started his Authentic Pilates™ training in 1986 with Romana Kryzanowska and at SUNY Purchase with Steve Giordano. From his first session Mr. Gallagher was impressed with what the method could do for the human body, mind and spirt and started to work towards helping take Joe's work to the main stream exercise and rehabilitation communities. In 1992 Sean had the insight to buy the original Pilates business which included trademarks for Pilates as well as the extensive Pilates Archives ( Sean Gallagher's Pilates Archives®) from Wei Tai Hom and started to organize Authentic Pilates™ into a professional training program. He open Authentic studio's in New York City, Los Angeles, Evanston, Chicago, Seattle, Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr, Fort Myers, Atlanta, and around the world - Brazil, Austrialia to help train teachers and promote the trademarks. He copyrighted and printed the first ever comprehensive pilates teacher training manual and organized and instituted the Pilates Guild®. All of his ideas were not only revelotionary to the pilates community but of the highest ethical standards of any exercise training in the world. Since loosing the trademarks his ideas and concepts for Pilates training have been copied around the world. He continues today to teach Authentic Pilates™ at The New York Pilates Studio®teacher traing program as well as in Rhinebeck, NY and Becket MA in Joe's original studio and every summer at Jacob's Pilow Dance Festival (this year his 22nd year.) and works with those interested in the quality of Joseph Pilates work by licensing The New York Pilates Studio®, Pilates Guild®, The Pilates Source®, Joe's Comtrology® and Sean Gallagher Pilates Archives® trademarks around the world.

Sean is a graduate of Temple University where he received his BFA in Dance and BS in Physical Therapy at the same time. He was also a student Athletic Trainer scholarship recipient for 3 years while at Temple.

In 2008 Sean was awarded the Alumni Fellow Award from Temple Universities School of Allied Health for his many accomplishments in the field of Pilates, Dance Medicine and Physical Therapy.

Sean continues to progress his understanding of the body through training in may other forms of therapy with the goal to provide performers and his patients with the best care available anywhere. Mr. Gallagher was a modern dancer for 10 years. He has been a licensed physical therapist in 6 states (currently 2) and has been a leading practitioner in dance physical therapy for over 30 years.

Mr. Gallagher is also a Feldenkrais practitioner and studied yoga with B.K.S. Iyengar in India and acupuncture in Korea and recieved a certification in acupuncture in Vietnam as well. He did 3 years of acupuncture studies zt Tri-state school of acupunture in the United States and has studied massage in Thailand and the Philippines.

Sean started and developed the physical therapy programs at The Juilliard School, S.U.N.Y Purchase, The Miller Institute for Performing Artists, The Pennsylvania Ballet as well as being the first PT to work with Modern Dance Companies (Paul Taylor, David Parsons and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago), The first to work with Broadway shows starting with "Jerome Robbins Broadway" in 1987

Mr Gallagher is the founder and was the first president of the performing arts special interest group of the Orthopedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association.

As founder and director of Performing Arts Physical Therapy, Mr. Gallagher and his staff have provided Physical Therapy care at over 180 Broadway shows including these current Broadway productions - Peter Pan Goes Wrong, A Dolls House, The Play that Goes Wrong,

With over 40 years of dance and physical therapy experience Mr. Gallagher has also developed the most comprehensive injury prevention and self care program available to performers today.

He has completed three years of training at The Canadian College of Osteopathy.

Mr. Gallagher Has been an adjunct professor for numerous institutions including 8 years as a lab assistant and one year as the professor for NYU's Physical Therapy program, 12 years as assistant Professor for anatomy and pilates at the New School University and recently at Marymount Manhattan college Developed and taught the first Somatics course for the Dance program and also taught anatomy for 4 years there.

Sean was a New York State certified Emergency Medical Technician - EMT from 2007 -2017 He has been a volunteer fireman in his village of Hastings on Hudson for over 13 years and just last year became a NYS peace officer in his training to become a fire policeman.

In 2012 Sean completed his masters in Clinical Nutrition from Bridgeport University.

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