Paul Anthony began his professional dance training at just 8 years old, and he hasn’t stopped moving since.

After completing his classical ballet training with the prestigious Central School of Ballet, London (now the Ballet Rombert), Paul spent over a decade as the principal male dancer for numerous European ballets, including the national companies of Spain, Israel, Italy, Germany and Sweden. During the peak of his performance career in the late 1980’s, Paul appeared with some of the biggest names in ballet, having danced alongside the Bolshoi Ballet’s prima ballerina Nina Anashvilli and perhaps the greatest dancer of our time, Rudolf Nureyev.

After retiring from the stage, Paul returned to London to complete the Professional Dancer’s Teacher Training Program at the world famous Royal Academy of Dancing (RAD). Together with his illustrious performance career, these credentials secured teaching positions at some of Europe’s most celebrated ballet academies, including San Carlo di Napoli, the Freiburg Ballet Academy, and the Arena di Verona.

Although Paul was originally certified to teach Pilates during the height of his performance career, he didn’t fully immerse himself in the world of Pilates until the mid-1990’s. Paul spent five years as the Head of Teacher Training for the Body Control Pilates Association, Britain’s largest Pilates organisation, qualifying hundreds of instructors to teach Pilates across the United Kingdom. After co-founding the enormously successful Brighton Pilates Studio in 1997, Paul opened his second venue, Ocean Wave Pilates, in the summer of 2002. Over the years, Paul’s private client base has included a wide variety of dancers, gymnasts, professional athletes, and celebrities (including Hugh Grant, Olympia Dukakis, Stephanie Powers, Nick Cave, Kevin Rowland, Julian Sands, and Simon Cowell).

Paul continues to develop and conduct original ballet and Pilates workshops around the world, as well as pursuing his continued personal development as a specialist in movement theory. He offers private development weekends across Britain, develops Pilates master classes for BCPA, and has presented ballet workshops at the RAD. He currently lives in Hove, Sussex, on England’s south coast.