Ong Lay Keng

Senior Pilates Instructor and Massage Therapist

• Polestar Pilates Studio Comprehensive Trained
• CoreAlign® Instructor Training 1
• Certified Performing Arts Enhancement Specialist (USA)
• Certified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre® Instructor (USA)
• Certified Movement Analyst (Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies) (USA)
• Diploma in Anatomy, Physiology & Body Massage (ITEC, UK)
• Diploma in Aromatherapy (ITEC, UK)

Lay Keng’s Biography

Lay Keng brings more than thirty years in dance, movement and rehabilitation to her teaching. A former professional dancer trained in modern dance, jazz and movement analysis in New York and London, she later specialised in Pilates and rehabilitative movement, and today combines a performer’s understanding of the body with clinical precision.

Her credentials reflect that dual heritage. She is comprehensively trained through Polestar Pilates and in CoreAlign®, and is a Certified Movement Analyst with the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, a rigorous framework for assessing how the body organises and produces movement. She is also a certified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre® instructor and a Certified Performing Arts Enhancement Specialist under Pilates Therapeutic®, and her workshops for dancers at institutions including SOTA and Raw Moves Dance Company reflect her standing in Singapore’s performing arts community.

Alongside her movement work, Lay Keng is a qualified massage therapist, holding ITEC (UK) diplomas in anatomy, physiology and body massage as well as aromatherapy, grounding her teaching in a working knowledge of soft tissue as well as movement mechanics.

Her sessions integrate anatomy, kinesiology and the alignment principles of Floor-Barre® with the precision of apparatus-based Pilates. She works with adults rebuilding strength after injury, older clients preserving mobility and independence, and dancers refining technique and preventing injury. A committed lifelong learner, she has pursued further training in hypermobility, neurological conditions, scoliosis management and functional movement analysis, and every programme she designs is assessed, individual and progressed with care.