Kendall Ciantar

Owner/Instructor

Stott Pilates Certified Instructor

Kendall’s foundation in classical Russian ballet instilled in her a deep understanding of spinal mobility, postural alignment, and the power of core-centric movement.

MEET KENDALL: Founder & Lead Instructor

Originally trained in ballet, Kendall is a fully certified STOTT Pilates instructor and the owner of Rlvé Pilates Fitness. She brings unmatched expertise, precision, and high-energy motivation to every session, delivering challenging, well-rounded workouts designed to strengthen, balance, and empower the body- all while pushing clients toward their highest potential.

Kendall discovered Pilates through her dance program at Wayne State University, where it became an essential form of cross-training for performance. She quickly fell in love with Pilates for its precision, control, and intensity- qualities that closely mirror the discipline of ballet. In 2019, she began her formal training through Equilibrium and taught as an apprentice at Wayne State while completing her certification. She officially graduated with her BFA and became fully certified in May 2022.

After a brief professional dance career post-graduation, Kendall realized that while her passion for ballet had faded, her love for Pilates had only grown stronger. She transitioned into teaching Pilates full-time in 2022 and has been working hard to inspire, challenge, and empower clients ever since.

A Letter to RLVÉ

"My name is Kendall, and I am the owner of RLVÉ Pilates Fitness in downtown Howell. While RLVÉ will officially open its doors on January 5th, 2026, its story began long before that: back in 2018.

In 2018, I was introduced to reformer Pilates at Wayne State University, where I was earning my BFA in Fine Arts. As a dancer, Pilates was required cross-training- but it quickly became so much more. I fell in love with the striking similarities between Pilates and ballet: the precision, the control, the stamina. There was something really powerful about it, something that stayed with me long after class ended.

The following year, I began my certification through Equilibrium. It took nearly a year to complete (especially through the uncertainty of COVID) but I was determined. I knew this work mattered. Training online taught me an invaluable lesson early on: how to communicate clearly, how to guide movement with words alone, how to teach without ever needing to steal focus.

In 2022, I graduated from WSU and leapt- heart first- into the world of Pilates. My schedule quickly filled across seven different studios, teaching close to 30 hours a week. I loved it, but I also knew a life like that wasn’t sustainable forever.

In 2023, RLVÉ Pilates Fitness was born, scribbled into existence with pen and a crumpled piece of paper. At the time, it was just a concept, a quiet promise to myself that I would someday begin… and finish. I had no idea how soon that day would come.

In January of 2025, I opened a one-room private reformer studio with a single apparatus. Less than a year later (and with the help of another incredible instructor) that one reformer became four, and the space grew just a little bigger.

Now, standing at the edge of 2026, RLVÉ has become a full studio, with (almost six;)) reformers, nestled in the heart of beautiful downtown Howell. I couldn’t be more excited for the long, curving road ahead.

I promise to always lift those around me.


To help them rise.


To help them Relevé"

- Kendall Ciantar