She retired from professional ballet in 2005 but enjoys an occasional return to the stage as a guest artist, most recently as Emily Webb in Phillip Jerry's ballet adaptation of the Thornton Wilder classic, Our Town.įleming received her Pilates certificate from The Pilates Center of Boulder, a world-renowned training facility where she completed a year-long internship in classical Pilates. Fleming's performing career includes two seasons with Kim Robards Modern Dance Company and four seasons with Ballet Nouveau Colorado. Fleming's teaching career includes faculty positions at Dreyfoos School of the Arts (West Palm Beach, FL), Denver School of the Arts (Denver, CO), the company school of Ballet Nouveau Colorado, and currently at Asheville Center of Performing Arts where she is Director of Asheville City Ballet. She attended UNC-Greensboro on scholarship there she received the Virginia Moomaw Award for dance theory and performance and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Dance Education. She danced with Goldsboro Ballet and continued her training in high school at North Carolina School of the Arts. I couldn’t be more honored to be a part of that process.”įleming Lomax began dancing as a young girl in her hometown of Goldsboro, NC. “After experiencing so many different types of injuries, along with the options I was given for recovery, I began to feel like there wasn’t any hope left for me to continue with the active lifestyle I’ve always enjoyed,” says Mike, “Once I discovered the power of Pilates, I was given a new lease on life! I am so inspired, everyday, by my clients as they move towards healing and rebuilding their bodies. His goal is to help you keep your original parts as well as assist in post-surgery rehab. In 2012, with a better focus on the rehab of his clientele, added Directional Non-Force Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Massage, and Qi Gung to his practice. He then opened The Core-A Pilates Studio, and in 2007 Mike and Amber expanded the pilates studio to become Body Synergy, a wellness center offering skin care, massage therapy, yoga and pilates. Mike obtained his certifications in 2003 from PCC in Raleigh, NC. He has had great success in helping his clients meet-and in some cases exceed-their goals for a pain free life. He has now freed himself of asthma, arthritis, neck pain, back pain, and still has his own knees. At last, Mike discovered the benefits of pilates! This opened the door for him to rebuild his whole body. So, he began his quest for a way to rebuild and repair his knees without surgery. Although he was told that his knees had to be replaced, due to a partial tear in the ACL, PCL, and a bruised meniscus (from the dislocation), he refused to undergo surgery due to the lengthy recovery time and other issues associated with replacement surgeries. In 1995 he began competing professionally for Never Summer Snow boards (later, changing to Nitro snowboards), Burton boots and bindings, Arnette Optics, Concept Clothing, Specialty Sports, Mountain Creak Resort, Intra West, Pepsi Co., Duffs Shoes and Kue Wax.ĭuring his years of competition, he experienced various injuries he dislocated both shoulders, rolled both of his ankles, broke his tail bone, dislodged and broke several ribs, a broken elbow (which took major reconstructive surgery to repair), he dislocated his jaw, fractured his skull, and dislocated both of his knees. In 1987 he began snowboarding as a Pro-Form Rider and in 1988, a Flow-Rider for various companies. Mike Phillips has always had a passion for extreme-sports.
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