About ME
Adele Carlson is a New York City based dancer and Pilates instructor.
Adele was raised in Houston, TX and graduated from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She continued her dance studies at Southern Methodist University where she graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in Dance Performance and a BS in Geophysics.
There she performed in works by Caleb Teicher, Dwight Rhoden, Molissa Fenley, Danny Buraczeski, and Adam Houghland to name a few, and she had the privilege to perform Robert Battle’s Battlefield at the Joyce Theater. Throughout college, Adele trained extensively in the Martha Graham technique both at SMU and the Graham School, and she served as a demonstrator for Myra Woodruff.
Upon graduating, she moved to New York and has performed with the Jose Limon Dance Company, LLMoves, and Salvatore Larussa Dance Theatre. She was also a member of Limon2’s 2024-2025 season, and she currently dances with Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company.
Adele most recently attended Springboard Danse in Pittsburgh and had the opportunity to perform new works by Peter Chu and Majella Bess Loughran.
teaching Pilates.
In addition to her artistic endeavors, Adele shares her passion for movement and science through Pilates. Adele discovered Pilates in college through dance, and it has since been a part of her daily movement practice. After seeing the benefits of Pilates in building and maintaining a stronger facility for dance, she was inspired to become an instructor. Adele completed her comprehensive Pilates certification through Equinox, and currently teaches at Paradigm Studio. Adele is passionate about continuously learning and sharing her knowledge with others. She looks forward to helping her clients connect to their bodies and minds and foster longevity.
Prior to teaching Pilates, Adele was a clinical research assistant for the Lee Jones Lab of Exercise Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
There, she assisted Dr. Lee Jones, Dr. Jessica Scott, and Dr. Neil Iyengar in building and running clinical trials in exercise for patients with cancer. Adele is proud of the contributions to the publications in Frontiers Oncology and the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
She aspires to bring her experience in exercise research to her dancing and Pilates instruction to provide a new understanding of movement.