Kerry Kreiman, 49, has been teaching dance since the age of 12, and has been teaching Pilates since 1998. She is a certified Pilates instructor with a Comprehensive Pilates Certification from Balanced Body University (Sacramento).  Kerry’s original certification was through the PhysicalMind Institute (New York City).  Kerry holds a MFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a BFA in Modern Dance and a BA in Philosophy from Texas Christian University.

A co-founder of the Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth company in 1990, Kerry has served as an executive and artistic director to the company since its inception. CD/FW is the premier professional modern dance company of Fort Worth and Tarrant County and also serves as a presenter of other modern dance companies and artists.

Prior to co-founding the CD/FW Co., Kerry directed the Dance Program at the Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana (1987-1990) and was Visiting Assistant Professor at Saint Mary's College at Notre Dame (1989-90). She was a Guest Lecturer in Modern Dance for the TCU Department of Ballet & Modern Dance (since renamed the TCU School for Classical & Contemporary Dance) for eight years (1998-2006), serving on both the undergraduate and graduate adjunct faculty, including serving on thesis committees and as an advisor to graduate thesis choreography projects (including working with recognized Taiwanese dance professionals for the TCU in Taiwan project).  The coursework she taught at TCU included modern dance technique, “body work” (including Pilates, Bartenieff fundamentals, and more), choreography and improvisation, performance and repertory, senior thesis choreography, master’s thesis choreography and more.  As a dance teacher, Kerry has taught dance to students ages 3 and up, and continues to work with dance students of all ages.  

In 2006, Kerry was in the first graduating class of the Bill Evans Modern Dance Technique certification program, directed by the internationally-renowned master teacher Bill Evans.  This program encompassed four consecutive summers of intensive workshops (with on-going projects conducted during the year in between).  Evans’ technique is notable for its integration of Bartenieff movement fundamentals and Laban movement analysis with modern dance technique.  She has since also served as a faculty member for his certification program.

Kerry has pursued continuing education in Pilates and fitness topics with notable instructors such as Madeline Black, Karen Clippinger, Shelley Estes, Elizabeth Larkam, Michele Larsson, Julian Littleford, Tom McCook, Lisa McKenna, Lolita San Miguel, Karen Sanzo, and Benny Vaughn.

Coursework within her undergraduate and graduate studies included Anatomical Kinesiology, Body Work (Somatics based principles from a variety of traditions), Effort Shape (Laban movement analysis), Teaching Methods, and Labanotation (movement analysis and notation).

Her additional training in Bartenieff and somatics-based exercise and movement principles (focused on achieving and teaching appropriate alignment and movement efficiency for fitness and dance) has included study with nationally and internationally-recognized teachers such as Melanie Bales, Kitty Daniels, Jan Erkert, Bill Evans, Margie Fargnoli, Janet Hamburg, Elizabeth Jones, Suzie Lundgren, Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, Susan Douglas Roberts, and Ellen Page Shelton.

Further influencing her perspectives on people's personal journeys toward fitness and health, Kerry's own personal practice and "body work" experiences have included participation in the Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, acupressure, chiropractic, Rolfing, and imagery visualization techniques from the traditions of Lulu Sweigard and Mabel Todd.  Kerry truly believes that it "takes a village" for each of us to pursue our best health and well-being, and that the aid and perceptions of others from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines is part of the journey. 

Within her training as a dancer and choreographer, she has been privileged to do intensive study with master teachers such as Jerry Bywaters Cochran, Jan Erkert, Bill Evans, Betty Jones, Daniel Nagrin, Douglas Nielsen, Don Redlich, Ellen Page Shelton, Jeff Slayton, Gus Solomons jr, and Chester Wolenski.  

As a Pilates instructor, Kerry enjoys sharing her knowledge from studies of a variety of dance and exercise disciplines with clients in order to help them achieve ease of movement in healthy, balanced bodies. Kerry notes, "I feel that the lessons learned from my dance mentors are as important and significant as my training within the traditions of Pilates and other somatics-based exercise.  Dance training integrates our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies of knowledge...  and ultimately, Pilates training teaches the same sorts of lessons through continued discipline, exploration, and discovery about the art of living inside a human body.  Mr. Pilates taught the necessity of ‘mindful’ exercise rather than ‘mindless’ exercise, and that same mind-body connection is fundamental to both dance and Pilates training.”

Since completing her Pilates certification, Kerry has taught Pilates to students from ages 12 and up.  In 2000, she was invited to teach Pilates for a month in Taipei, Taiwan for the first annual Taiwan International Dance Festival on the campus of the National Institute of the Arts where she introduced advanced and professional dancers to the Pilates mat work and reformer work.  She has also taught Pilates Mat for Dancers, with an emphasis on integrating dance technique with the Pilates mat work, during Bill Evans Teacher Intensive workshops at Port Townsend and Brockport, and has taught similar guest master classes at the University of North Texas.