I was first introduced to the Pilates method in 1999, and have found it a valuable tool for performance enhancement as a dancer, and in everyday life for well-being/recovery/rehabilitation postnatally/illness/surgery. I believe that Pilates training can be beneficial to everyone, promoting positive changes in body awareness, posture, movement patterning and well being. In 2006, I undertook a year long intensive and in depth (contemporary and classical) Pilates teacher training programme at The Place (through the Pilates Foundation UK) to become a Pilates matwork teacher under the supervision of master teachers Hana Jones, Susanne Lahusen and Sonia Noonan to enable me to share my experiences of this wonderful method with others. In 2025, after nearly 20 years of Pilates teaching, I embarked on my classical Pilates teacher training journey, commencing the fully comprehensive (equipment and matwork) 600+ hours Classical Pilates teacher training with Stacey Smith at Trent Park Pilates.
I offer a calm and relaxed class atmosphere, and my style of teaching is influenced by my dance background to create a sense of flow throughout the class. The exercises build up progressively using evolved material to lead up to Joseph Pilates’ orginal classical matwork repertoire (-it is not commonly known that there are only 34 original matwork exercises, although there are many variations). Through regular practice, class members develop their body awareness, posture, core stability, control, precision, flexibility, and strength, and are eventually able to correct themselves due to increased body awareness and understanding.
Biography:
Kate Rogan (nee McMonagle) trained as a dancer at London Studio Centre and Millennium Dance 2000 (now Millennium Performing Arts), and has danced professionally in David Bintley’s Samson et Dalila at the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), trade shows in the UK and Europe, later specialising in the technique and work of Doris Humphrey. Kate was Senior Lecturer in Dance at Middlesex University where she taught Humphrey-based dance technique, Pilates, Fitness for Dance, Dance Science, Safe Dance Practice, Teaching Dance Technique, and Dance Pedagogy from 2006-2025, and is currently Lecturer in Physical Development (Pilates) at London Contemporary Dance School (The Place) (2024-present). Kate trained to become a Humphrey-based technique teacher under the guidance of Dr. Lesley Main, later developed with respective Humphrey/Weidman/Limon specialists Gail Corbin, Deborah Carr and Jim May in the USA, and is a Trustee and Board Member of the Doris Humphrey Foundation UK. In 2009, she was awarded the Lisa Ullmann scholarship to return to the Doris Humphrey Society in Chicago USA, and later furthered her Limon teaching practice through the Limon Institute (New York), completing ‘Teaching Contemporary Limon’ with Alan Danielson in 2011, and the Limon teachers workshop with Kurt Douglas and Kristen Foote in 2023. Kate holds a Professional Diploma in Performance from Millennium Dance 2000, BA hons Dance Studies (Science) from Middlesex University, MSc Dance Science from the University of Wolverhampton, PGCHE from Middlesex University, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Kate is also a qualified Pilates teacher, Level 4 Strength and Conditioning coach, Exercise to Music Instructor, member of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science, Contemporary affiliate member of the International Society of Teachers of Dance, member of People Dancing, and External Examiner for Millennium Performing Arts’ BA hons Musical Theatre Degree (University of Worcester). Her research interests are two fold: promoting and enhancing dancers’ physical and mental health, wellbeing, fitness, and performance; and the impact that dance and movement can have on physical and psychological health and wellbeing amongst the community and general public.
Publications:
Rogan, Kate & Wyon, Matthew (2022) Development of the Dance Fitness Indicator©: A High-Intensity Dance Fitness Test: A Preliminary Study, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21091/mppa.2022.100
Farmer, Claire & Rogan, Kate (2022) Mental Well-being and Sleep Hygiene in Undergraduate Dance Students during the Coronavirus Pandemic: An Exploratory Analysis, Journal of Dance Education, DOI: 10.1080/15290824.2021.2009122
Rogan, Kate & Liggett, Trish (2021) Dance Fitness Indicator (DFI). https://dancefitnessindicator.com/
Qualifications:
- MSc Dance Science (level 7)
- Post Graduate Certificate Higher Education (level 7)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- BA Hons Dance Studies (Science) (level 6)
- Professional Diploma in Performance
- Strength and Conditioning Certificate (level 4)
- Pilates Foundation UK Matwork Teachers Certificate (level 3)
- Exercise to Music Instructor (YMCA) (level 2)
CPD workshops taken include:
- Currently ongoing: Classical Pilates Fully Comprehensive teacher training (with Stacey Smith, Trent Park Pilates)
- Classical Pilates: Intermediate Wunda chair, high chair, Tower, Cadillac, Reformer, Barrels, Ladder, matwork (with Stacey Smith, Trent Park Pilates)
- Classical Pilates: The Chairs, an anti gravity workshop; All the Barrels; The lesser known Cadillac exercises (with Eric Carlovich)
- Classical Pilates: The baby chair (with Stacey Smith, Trent Park Pilates)
- Classical Pilates: Beginner Wunda chair, high chair, Tower, Cadillac, Reformer, Barrels, Ladder, matwork (with Stacey Smith, Trent Park Pilates)
- Classical Pilates: Reformer Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced (with Stacey Smith, Trent Park Pilates)
- ISTD Contemporary dance teacher training (Intermediate Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced 1 Contemporary)
- Dance in Cancer Care: practitioner training, and Dance for Health: advancing your practice (- programmes developed in collaboration with Emily Jenkins, Move Dance Feel)
- Dance in Cancer Care Introductory training (with Emily Jenkins, Move Dance Feel)
- Mental health first aider training
- Enhancing Pilates Matwork with Small equipment
- Garuda Inspiration Day (with James D’Silva, Garuda creator)
- APPI Matwork 1 – The Foundation (APPI)
- Pilates for Breast Cancer (Allison Swan, Pilates Matwork)
- Fletcher Teaser Workshop (Ron Fletcher Method, Body Map)
- Pilates for Dancers (APPI)
- Advanced Pilates Matwork (Pilates Foundation)
- Small equipment (Pilates Foundation)
- First Aid (Pilates Foundation)
- Structural Balance through Movement (Body Control)
- Pilates & Yoga (Pilates Foundation)
- Scaravelli Yoga/Pilates Series: 1. Working with Gravity (Pilates Foundation)
- Scaravelli Yoga/Pilates Series 2. Taking Root to Fly (Pilates Foundation)
- Scaravelli Yoga/Pilates Series 3. Moving from the Core (Pilates Foundation)
- Scaravelli Yoga/Pilates Series 4. Finding Stillness (Pilates Foundation)
- Challenges of Teaching a Group Matwork Class (Pilates Foundation)
- Using the Overball (Pilates Foundation)
- Pilates in the Ante-Postnatal Period (Judy DiFiore/Stott)
- Relax your Neck, Liberate Your Shoulders (with Eric Franklin, Franklin Method/APPI)
- Pelvic Power for Core Integration (with Eric Franklin, Franklin Method/APPI)
- Imagery Exercises for a Strong, Flexible and Healthy Spine (with Eric Franklin, Franklin Method/APPI)
- Feet for Life: Organising our Dynamic Base (with Eric Franklin, Franklin Method/APPI)
- Pilates for Scoliosis (with Jillian Hessel)
- B.E.A.M. Fundamentals (Breathe, Energise, Align & Move) (with Jillian Hessel)
- Deepening Core Awareness ‘Psoas’ (with Liz Koch, Pilates Foundation)
- Tactile Diagonal Concepts (Pilates Foundation)
- Pilates, Energy and the Dao (Pilates Foundation)
- Matwork: Re-work and Re-view (Pilates Foundation)
- Practical applications of Osteoporosis research for Pilates (Pilates Foundation)
- How Auxiliary Equipment Enhances Matwork (Pilates Foundation)
- Pilates on the Swiss Ball (Pilates Foundation)
- Telephone: 07790000729
- Email: kate@naturallypilates.co.uk
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