Come in and meet us...

Left to right: Michael Phillips, Alice White, Cadence Dubus, Megan Flynn, Rebecca Lubart, Joanie Mullen Smith, Diana Deaver, Madeleine Dubus

Maggie Bennett, Elizabeth Brown, Leava Hall, Charlotte Butler Penenberg, Jacqueline Tuorto

The teachers are truly the reason to come to Streamline. Their expertise and passion for sharing their knowledge is limitless. They come form various backgrounds and certifications. Many are dancers, and are certified by the leading Pilates Schools. Such schools include the Kane School of Core Integration, Physical Mind Institute, and The Pilates School of Body Conditioning with master teacher Romana Kryzanowska. In addition, our teachers are also certified personal trainers, massage therapists, and yoga practitioners.

Charlotte Butler Penenberg has been teaching Pilates since 1998 and is the owner of Streamline. Trained through PhysicalMind Institute in New York City, and a member of the Pilates Method Alliance, she has studied with Jean-Claude West, Madeline Black, Irene Dowd, and Kate Smith. She brings 18 years experience in massage and structural bodywork to her Pilates practice. She enjoys working with people of all ages and levels; from those rehabilitating injuries or suffering from chronic pain to those who want to stay fit and strong. She is currently getting her Masters Certificate in Pilates from The Pilates Center in Boulder, Colorado and also manages a Pilates studio out of the Heights Casino on Montague Street. She lives with her husband and two daughters here in Brooklyn Heights.

Megan Flynn holds a BFA in Dance from Tulane University where she first started studying Pilates with current Streamline instructor Joanie Smith. Megan received her apparatus and mat certification through Half-Moon Pilates at The Fitness Guru and dances with "David Parker & The Bang Group" in NYC.

Jacqueline Tuorto is Certified in both Gyrotonic and Pilates. She is currently part of the teacher faculty of the Kane School of Core Integration and Streamline Studio. Jacqueline is also an American Council on Exercise Certified Personal Trainer. Ms. Tuorto has studied anatomy with Kelly Kane and Irene Dowd. She has an extensive Background in Dance, earning her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Ballet from Point Park College. Jacqueline enjoys utilizing all of her movement and fitness experience with sound Bio-mechanics to create effective and safe workouts for her clients.

Wendee Rogerson is a certified Pilates Instructor through the Kelly Kane School of Core Integration. She is also an A.C.E. certified Group Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer. For 12 years she has been a dancer with the Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company and runs her own pilates studio, Island Pilates on Deer Isle, Maine in the summer months.

Cadence Dubus has extensive experience in neuro-muscular re-patterning techniques such as Feldenkrais, Alexander technique, Release technique as well as Yoga, in-depth anatomy training, injury prevention and rehabilitation. As a dancer and long time athlete she has an endless interest in helping people reach their individual goals both muscularly and energetically.

Alice White is a dancer, choreographer, Pilates instructor and massage therapist living in New York for the last 5 years. She received dual degrees in Dance and Business Administration from UC Berkeley in 2004. During this time she also studied massage with Steve Coleman of Golden State Health and the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Alice's classes combine elements of her training in dance and massage, focusing on fluidity and length while achieving a balancing of muscular groups and strengthening of the core. She is very excited to be a part of Streamline's team.

Joanie Mullen Smith enjoyed a long career in modern dance and has been teaching Pilates for over 10 years. She has danced with numerous choreographers performing and teaching workshops in the U.S. and abroad.Her training and teaching Pilates started with Peter Vaillancourt in New York City where she worked with young dancers from School of American Ballet and Alvin Ailey. She went on to complete her certification in 2001 with Romana Kryzanowska who has spent a lifetime continuing the work of Joseph Pilates.

Joanie continues to study with Romana's Pilates.

She was an Adjunct Instructor of Dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Tulane University in New Orleans where she started the first course in Pilates at Tulane University. Joanie last performed in DUMBO with Tsunami Dance Company of New Orleans.

Today Joanie continues to teach Pilates in Manhattan and at Streamline Studio since moving to Brooklyn in 2007. Joanie also teaches dance to children at Plymouth Church School in Brooklyn Heights. She is the mother of two boys.

Diana Deaver: Originally from Dallas, Texas, Diana Deaver graduated with honors from Florida State University, receiving a BFA in Dance. She currently dances professionally from Broadway houses to more intimate settings with several groups including the New York City Opera Ballet, Ballet Verite and as a founding member and Assistant Artistic Director of Adele Myers and Dancers among others.

Diana is a certified Core Fusion instructor at the esteemed Exhale Spa in New York City and the Hamptons. Her extensive dance and yoga background qualifies her as an expert in alignment, posture, stretching, balance, and core strengthening. This allows her to create well balanced workouts with minimal equipment at any location. Additionally, Diana completed a course in maternal fitness allowing her to train new and expecting mothers with safe and effective pre and post natal exercises. Diana enjoys challenging clients of all ages, levels and abilities and hopes to see you in one of her classes at Streamline soon.

Rebecca Lubart is a dancer and Pilates instructor originally from New York City. She graduated cum laude from The George Washington University with a B.A. in Dance and Theatre. She is a certified Pilates instructor through the Kane School of Core Integration with continuing education credits in Pilates through Pregnancy, Dysfunctions of the Sacroiliac Joint, Dysfunctions of the Psoas, Breast Cancer Surgeries- Muscular and Fascial Implications, and Osteoporosis In Depth: Recommendations & New Perspectives. She became actively engaged in the Pilates lifestyle when as a young dancer, poor movement patterns lead her to herniating four discs in her upper back and neck and she was left in excruciating pain. Through her own use of Pilates she was able to rehabilitate her spine by teaching her bones and muscles how to move more efficiently and with better integration. She is so thrilled to be dancing fully again...something she never imagined possible back then. She enthusiastically believes that Pilates can bring every body to its highest potential whether your goal is to rehabilitate an injury or you are looking to tone up and get in shape.

Elizabeth Brown grew up in Ft. Worth, TX. She came to New York to study dance at The Ailey School in 2000. She now dances professionally with New Chamber Ballet and Ad Hoc Ballet, both based in NYC. She sought out pilates not only to facilitate her dancing, but to increase her awareness of her breath and posture. She is constantly amazed at the ability of the human body to change and grow, and she hopes to encourage a curiosity and sense of empowerment to further that change in others. She trained at the Kane School in NYC.

Leava Hall has been teaching Pilates mat and equipment for six years. She graduated from The New School in Dance Therapy and Dance Education. Her approach to Pilates is traditional, with lots of stretching.She helped start a Pilates program at Crunch Fitness in 2008. She has been teaching Dance at N.Y.U. since 1990. She also loves working with children and taught at the Lee Strasbourg School for six years with children. N,Y,U, students and foreign students.Eager to help people with body issues she now works with clients with Scoliosis, herniated discsand and all over body fatigue.

Devika Wickremesinghe is a movement artist and wellness instructor originally from NYC. She graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College with a B.A in Dance and Art History. Devika became certified through the Kane School of Core Integration after discovering the dynamic possibilities of the Pilates method. She teaches Kids Yoga through Asana Alphabet, an organization that develops after-school programs in NYC elementary schools. Devika is interested in cultivating active and joyous balance, preventing injuries, and creating deeper bodily awareness. A dancer and yogi, she aims to imbue her in-depth and anatomically rigorous Pilates style with a full-body, gratifying movement experience.