Mary Helen Bowers (born 1979) is an American celebrity fitness guru, entrepreneur and former
New York City Ballet dancer originally from
Charlotte, North Carolina. She attended Alexander Graham Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina before leaving for New York. She was a full scholarship student at the
School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet (SAB) is the most renowned ballet school in the United States. School of American Ballet is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New ...
in Manhattan at fifteen years old. One year later she was invited to join the
New York City Ballet. She graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from
Columbia University in New York City. She danced with the
New York City Ballet for a decade.
On June 12, 2012, she released her book, ''Ballet Beautiful: Transform Your Body and Gain the Strength, Grace, and Focus of a Ballet Dancer.'' Her list of clients include Natalie Portman,
Zooey Deschanel and
Liv Tyler. Other celebrities include actresses
Kirsten Dunst and
Dakota Johnson, model
Helena Christensen,
Karen Elson
Karen Jill Elson (born 15 January 1979) is an English model and singer-songwriter.
Early life and education
Elson was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, and attended North Chadderton School as a child. She has a fraternal twin sister, filmma ...
, Sarah Sophie Flicker and Rachel Antonoff.
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Bowers helped train actress Natalie Portman for the Oscar-winning performance in the 2010 movie, ''Black Swan
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''. She is married to Paul Dans, a lawyer and a controversial Trump Administration appointee at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws. It is headed by the Secretary of Housing and Urb ...
, with whom she has a daughter.
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1979 births
American choreographers
Ballet choreographers
American ballerinas
Living people
Artists from Charlotte, North Carolina
Columbia University School of General Studies alumni
American exercise and fitness writers