TAMARA DI TELLA Pilates & Tangolates School  was founded in 1992 by Tamara Di Tella S.A. and by PILATES S.A. with support from the international community. Tamara Di Tella  (Ph.D  Candidate in Pol Science,  Stanford University) serves as President  for the Company (who are we?), and Torcuato Di Tella, her husband, as the Vice President of the Company (enterview, clarin.com)

The mission of the TAMARA DI TELLA Pilates & Tangolates School is to educate new generations of young professionals from different disciplines and venues, such a physical education, kinesiology or chiropractor specialty, ballet, etc. and to enhance research and scholarship in the field of health and fitness.

The School is organized in programs: 4 months, 1 Month and Up to 15 Day Intensive Programs in Tamara Di Tella™ Pilates™ and T-DiTella™ Tangolates™. There are 3 branches of our academic school:  Araoz and Juncal (Palermo); University Campus (U. of Cordoba); and University of Buenos Aires) where students with scholarships assist patients with dysfunctions of the nervous system as part of their curriculum or syllabus, towards their Certification. Students must do hours of practice with patients in order to obtain their degree certification and become a Tamara Di Tella Pilates and T-DiTella™ Tangolates™ Instructor.

The Tamara Di Tella Pilates and Tangolates School has a strong orientation in academia and in research, medical practices, studies, empirical studies, publications and all education and scholastic activities and curriculum in general.

The Tamara Di Tella Pilates and Tangolates School has donated a Rehabilitation Ward to a very important national hospital in Argentina where students have the possibility to learn and to practice in an hands-on manner.

The Tamara Di Tella Pilates and Tangolates School also offers scholarships, internships and 6 Month travel-abroad scholarships. The travel scholarships consist of: air fare, housing, full board and a $15 usd per diem. This extraordinary experience is made possible by agreements between the international community and the Tamara Di Tella Pilates and Tangolates School.

Educational scholarships to study and train in Argentina consist of 30% 50% and up to 80% discounts on the tuition fee. Scholarships are based on merit and necessity. The school scholarships of 100% are reserved for students who can later on continue with the company with a paid internship, either to practice with clients or with patients in public hospitals or in rehabilitation centers in medical schools.

The Tamara Di Tella Pilates and Tangolates School offers workshops with selected scholars in the fields of medicine, and other interdisciplinary fields. These workshops are distributed along the scholastic year (March to December) only.

Enrollment since 2004 was 670 students, many of whom came from other parts of the world, such as England, the United States, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, etc.. (See section “Our Best Students of www.pilatesfranchising.com). Approximately 40% of the students receive some kind of financial aid from our School. The Instructors who teach have been trained in the Tamara Di Tella Pilates and T-DiTella Tangolates method and all hold international certifications.

The Tamara Di Tella Pilates and Tangolates School is a highly regarded educational institution that produces and publishes it own academic material, such a Books, Manuals for Instructors, Instructive Videos, and the like.  All course materials have their own copyright (all rights reserved). 

Hundreds of articles have been published about Tamara Di Tella and Tamara Di Tella School of Training, in various specialized magazines.  (See Press Release section of www.pilatesfranchising.com)

In 2005, Pilates S.A. and Tamara Di Tella Pilates and Tangolates School became Corporate members of the Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) of the United States, and currently holds a Senior Membership in IDEA, one of the largest Health and Fitness Associations in the world.

A Word About the T-DiTella Trainer

T-DiTella Tangolates Trainer is a specially designed apparatus which allows for fluid and controlled partner moves. The entire repertoire consists of more than a thousand unique moves, the combination of which make up a distinctive core control expression, a unique and original method. Some of the music to which these routines are choreographed has been especially composed for Tamara Di Tella by young musicians of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 2004, Tamara Di Tella, designed the innovative T-DiTella Tangolates™ which has been featured in various magazines such a Para Ti (Argentina), La Revista (Ecuador), Cosmo Guyana (Venezuela), and is being taught in studios in various countries where the Tamara Di Tella chain operates. Tangolates is designed to enhance workouts by introducing a thousand plus new, dynamic and fluid core control moves.

T-DiTellaTangolates is excellent to work the muscles in an in-depth manner. Yet it allows for free and fluid choreographic moves to the tune of a superb music: Tango. This makes of Tangolates no only an excellent method but also a fun to-do workout.

NOTE: This proprietory equipment and method of exercises has been registered in both the United States of America and in Argentina, and have been published in a book written by Tamara Di Tella (T-DiTella Tangolates, © 2005), and aired through T.V. channels throughout Latin America. (All Rights Reserved).