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Shari Allen's certifications include the National Pilates Certification Program, Physical Mind Institute, Kathy Corey Pilates, State of Florida Professional Educators Certificate, and she is a Healthy Foot Practitioner through the Restorative Exercise Institute. In addition, she holds a B.F.A. in Dance from Radford University, studied at North Carolina School of the Arts, and an M.S. in Art Education from Florida State University.  

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Shari thrives on continuing education. She has studied Pilates, been a professional dancer, and practiced yoga extensively throughout her movement career. She believes in continuing to learn herself so that she can be a better teacher to her clients. She has taken many Pilates workshops and classes with mentors like Brent Anderson, Jillian Hessel, Cecile Lemoine Bankston, Ron Fletcher, Michael King, and Kathy Corey. 

 

As a dance instructor since her teenage years, Shari has taught inspiring, creative classes to her students for over 25 years. Dance instruction experience includes Harvard-Radcliffe, Jeanette Neil Dance Studio, the University of West Florida, and The Florida Dance Association. She is currently the assistant director of Northwest Florida Ballet.

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Her professional performing has been with Mill Mountain Theater, Boston Dance Company, Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre and Impulse Dance Company, Lightwire Theater, and Northwest Florida Ballet. In addition, her dance students have gone on to prestigious companies and programs such as Julliard, American Ballet Theatre, Martha Graham, Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet West, and Pacific Northwest Ballet.