Tess Sturmann

Clinical Pilates Instructor (Physiotherapy Student)

Master of Physiotherapy, UTS (Graduating 2027)
Bachelor of Dance, Koninklijk Conservatorium NLPolestar Studio Pilates Accreditation, NL
Bachelor of Psychology and Human Science (major Human Movement), Macquarie University

Tess was introduced to Pilates throughout her training as a classical ballet dancer and used it as part of her daily practice to find connection, strength and grounding throughout her 13 year professional ballet career with the Dutch National Ballet.

After retiring her career as a dancer and moving to Sydney she completed a double undergraduate degree in Psychology and Human Sciences majoring in Human Movement which lead her to further pursue her Masters in physiotherapy at UTS.

Given her professional, personal and academic learning and experience Tess has a huge respect for the benefits of movement and its capacity to enhance quality of life, functional activity and comfort within ones own body. This is what she aims to share with the people she works with.