Author Pilates for the Dressage Rider

Janice's life long work as an expert movement specialist is undeniable: a professional modern dancer and teacher since 1976; a student of Pilates with Romana Kryzanowska since 1989; a certified Pilates instructor since 1993; a dressage rider since 1995; and a certified teacher/trainer for Romana's Pilates® since 2001. Janice has trained dancers and Pilates practitioners to the equivalent of FEI. Her dancers have gone on to dance with world-class companies and many of her Pilates students have become expert teachers.

Janice is considered a second generation Pilates instructor, and Pilates teachers come from all over the world to seek continued training from her. Janice regularly teaches at the International Romana's Pilates® Conventions, trains Pilates instructors at her studio in Champaign, Illinois, and now is a popular clinician, helping dressage riders find harmony and partnership with their horse through her work.

As a dressage rider, Janice competed her mare, India, up to 2nd level before her suspensory ligaments failed. Before that, she and India won the Gold Medal at 1st level at the Show Me State Games in Missouri in 1998. Since then, Janice has backed and trained India’s first foal, Rubaiyat, out of the Rubenstein lines of the German Oldenburg Verband. She and "Ruby" worked on a monthly basis with David Blake and at his encouragement, rode and earned a score of 68.6% for the FEI 4 year old test in 2006 under the judging of Tom Poulin. Janice continues to train Ruby with her method and is now bringing up Sweet Rosevanna, India’s second foal and Ruby’s full sister, who earned the GOV Premium award at her inspection.

Since the publishing of her book Pilates for the Dressage Rider (Half Halt Press) she has been teaching clinics throughout the country. Inquires for her clinics have come from all over the world and it suggests there is the need to begin to scrutinize the training of the rider, a concept to which Janice is dedicated. (Please see Philosophy for more of Janice's thoughts on this.)