Pilates is awesome! I injured my ankle last October and it was the best thing for me because I wouldn't have been introduced to pilates if it weren't for that. Once my ankle healed up several months later my teachers kept insisting that I continue to take classes and what a difference it has made! I'm a dance major at a university (meaning I do tap, ballet, jazz, modern, etc.) but I just started ballroom and latin dancing and if I hadn't taken pilates, I'd be jumbling all over the place. So good for you that you started taking classes! You'll definitely notice a difference in your dancing and you'll wonder how you could ever live without it :)

My teacher adviced me years ago not to buildup the upper body as this can reduce the flexable in the upper body to produce nice arm movements that start from the shoulder muscles, and also interfers with the shaping of the body and the creation of lines. Hope I got that right.

Gosztwolf. Surely you can go to a gyme without putting on weight. Look at Michael Wentink muscular without being bulky. The ladies too . Have a look at the tone they have in their back muscles . No bulk their.