Elise Bacon founded Pilates of New Paltz in 1995 to bring the highest quality of Pilates training to the Hudson Valley. Her early training in dance and gymnastics led to a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase (1987). After graduating she joined the teaching staff of the Pilates Studio under Romana Kryzarnowska. In 1998 she became one of the first certified instructors, and in 2006 Elise became nationally certified through the Pilates Method Alliance. She maintains her dancing roots with regular ballet classes at New Paltz School of Ballet and Saugerties Ballet Center, as well as training and competing in triathlons.
Elise and her husband Jim reside in New Paltz happily raising their 6 children.
