Pilates pioneer Ron Fletcher studied with Martha Graham

STONEWALL, Texas - Ron Fletcher, a former dancer and choreographer who helped popularize the Pilates exercise system when he opened the first West Coast studio in 1972, died Tuesday at his home in Stonewall, Texas. He was 90. The cause was congestive heart failure, said Kyria Sabin, director of Fletcher Pilates, which trains instructors in…

Pilates pioneer Ron Fletcher studied with Martha Graham