20 Year Anniversary

- Written by Maria Holm

20 Year Anniversary

Did you know? -

Our studio celebrates its 20 year anniversary here in September of 2022. We are so very happy and proud to still be here and open after all these years, and all of them in Soho! Through the pandemic, good years and expansion, we have been flexible and fluid enough to develop into what we are today!

We opened as Movement & Beyond, which then became GYROTONIC® Soho at Movement & Beyond, and transformed into

GYROTONIC® Soho - Movement Beyond, which we are today (loved child has many names :-))

The studio was opened by one of the Original GYROTONIC® Master Trainers, Korean born Young-Ah Kim, who Juliu Horvath, the creator of our movement methods named Master Trainer when he closed his own studio here in NYC in the -90ies.

Young-ah and Maria Holm, who got to know each other in Juliu’s NYC studio, White Cloud, opened the doors of Movement & Beyond in 2002. This was Young-ah’s creation and vision of a studio, that would be a learning, sharing and teaching studio - and available to everyone who had a true interest in the GYROTONIC® method and practise. The studio was first located on Spring street, then moved just a few years later to the location where we still are today, 580 Broadway, on the 12th floor.

When Young-Ah moved back to Korea 11 years ago, Maria took over with Emi and Joana as partners.

We have over all the years of expansion, change and transformation tried to be true to that first vision, and hope you feel it when you are in our studio working out, taking courses, classes and sessions!

We feel our studio is the heart of Soho and we try to keep is as accessable to everyone as we can.

See you soon in the studio and the machines! - And look in our Newsletters for our Celebration Open House later on in the Fall, where we will have mingle, mini trial sessions and more! We invite you to come celebrate with us!

Here’s to the next 20!!

Maria