Pilates with Gia Calhoun

Week of September 10, 2022

Gia Calhoun is a Pilates teacher based in Los Angeles, California, who has been teaching Pilates since 2007. She has been working for Pilates Anytime since 2013 and is the Vice President.

Growing up as a dancer in southern California, Gia started Pilates in 2001 after a recommendation from one of her teachers to help with a recurring hip injury. She studied Pilates throughout high school while she was training to become a professional ballet dancer. After graduating, she enrolled at the University of California, Irvine as a dance major. After her first year, she took a leave of absence to join Columbia City and later later returned to school to complete her B.A. in dance while in addition to a Pilates teacher training with Diane Diefenderfer at Studio du Corps.

Upon graduation, Gia moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to dance with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and to teach Pilates at their school. When she moved back to Los Angeles, she taught at various gyms, studios, and physical therapy offices before transitioning to a full-time employee of Pilates Anytime.