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Like so many little girls, Jeanette Palmer dreamed of becoming a ballerina. And, unlike so many, she was fortunate enough to train at the Boston Conservatory of Music starting at the age of 9 to become just that. However, life had other plans for her.
Second Career as a Pilates Instructor
And when asked what puts her in such high demand these days, she thoughtfully replied. think it’s because I love it so much and am so passionate about sharing it—people can feel that. I make them laugh, I tell them stories—I make the exercises accessible to everyone, so that at the end of the day everybody’s in a safe place.”
Perseverance proved valuable once again when she turned 40 and the inevitable age-discrimination challenge was staring her in the face. “The business was losing respect for me because of my age and I was losing respect for the business.” So, what’s a successful performer to do after 40?
“I pushed my chair away from my desk, one day, and asked myself: Self? What’s the most important thing to you? What do you enjoy doing most?” The answer: “…being physically fit and moving my body through space”. And ten days later [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], she enrolled herself in a training program at IM=X to become a certified Pilates instructor and created her next calling in life.
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But, with her amazing success came all the struggles that go along with working in the theater. “There were many years of being so poor, living hand to mouth [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and years where I was in so much physical pain I could barely walk”, she recalls, “But I kept going.”
[b]European Tour with Liza Minelli
By the time she was 18, Palmer realized her teachers were right all along; with her athletic build, a career as a professional ballerina was not an option. Rather than allowing this setback to discourage her [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], she honed her singing and acting skills and moved to New York City, determined to succeed in musical theatre.
In Palmer’s case, after much consideration and career counseling, she retired from show business and pursued an office-based career as the Convention Services Manager at the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau. But, being a creative artist for over 30 years, she yearned for something more personally fulfilling.
Today, Palmer is one of the most sought-after, most popular Pilates instructors in Manhattan, teaching dancers, athletes, as well as business professionals and those in the retired community the art of building and maintaining a healthy, strong and fit body. Her favorite part is “making people happy. They get happy because their pains go away, their body improves, and their self-confidence sky rockets.”
With an impressive roster of accomplishments, including the Broadway production of Showboat and a yearlong world tour with Liza Minelli (just to name a few), opportunity was knocking at every turn. “It was Amazing! If you ever go to Europe I recommend you go with Liza!” she quipped. “It was glamorous, fun, exciting…it was perfect.”