Fania Tsakalakos

Fania Maria Tsakalakos, a.k.a. Fania de Grecia, is a versatile performance and somatics/dance teaching artist, who recently relocated to Philadelphia from Athens, Greece. Fania holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from Smith College and BFA in Dance and Psychology from Rutgers University and several certifications. Her motto "embodying versatility" encourages students to stay present for and open to embodiment. As a singer/songwriter and dancer/choreographer, she specializes in the fusion of various cultural forms, which is why she enjoys so much creating her own pilates- or yoga-based exercises.

Fania began Pilates as a dance major at Rutgers with professor Paulette Sears. After graduating, she received her mat certification from the renowned Kane School of Core Integration in NYC. She later, after having sustained a freak dance injury during a Contact Improv jam and subsequent surgeries, pursued her machine certification training at Half Moon Pilates in Brooklyn and her Yoga certification from Om Yoga Center in Manhattan.. With over ten years of movement teaching experience, Fania has taught in Istanbul, Barcelona, Athens, NYC, Northampton, and now... Philly! Get ready for a transformative experience.