Our Instructors
Jillian Chávez
Jillian’s start in Movement Arts began when she was a young girl, dancing at a local studio in Gloucester. During high school, she began to integrate weight training as a way to strengthen her body for her dance practice. Jillian continued her dance education and received her Bachelors in Dance Studies from Hampshire College in 2021. Following graduation, she began teaching children’s and adult dance classes at Movement Arts in Gloucester, MA. Thereafter Jillian came across an apprenticeship position posted by Boston Body Pilates in Boston, MA. She currently works full time there instructing group classes and private lessons while finishing her certification in Pilates in addition to teaching her dance classes.. She was also recently invited as a guest artist to teach a dance class at the Beauport Hotel for the Women’s Retreat this past April.
Jillian is fascinated with the anatomy of movement and the body’s movement potential. She finds lots of parallels between her dance practice and her Pilates practice, namely the mind body connection. to that end, Jillian considers herself to be forever a student of Pilates and Dance. She enjoys learning and helping others do the same.