Fletcher worked from the late 1940s until 1971 as a theater, network television, nightclub stage, film and International Ice Capades choreographer.

He was also lead choreographer in Paris at the Le Lido for four years where, among other things, he and long-time collaborator, Donn Arden, created “Gala” a show which included skaters on a tank of ice on stage.

[11] During that period, Fletcher also choreographed the large-scale Italian production of the 1965 musical “Il Diplomatico” at Teatro Milano [12] as well as the 1954 film version of “Top Banana” and 1961’s comedy “Snow White and the Three Stooges.” [13] The use of ice skaters in a dance number drew on Fletcher’s experience, continuous from 1954 to 1967, as lead choreographer for the International Ice Capades.

[3] During his tenure, featured performers included US figure skating champion Donna Atwood,[14] and world skating champion, Alena Vrzanova, better known as Aja Zanova, who claimed, it was Ron Fletcher who “made me a star.” [15] Each year, after setting choreography for the Ice Capades’ season, Fletcher regularly choreographed shows in Las Vegas at the Desert Inn, Moulin Rouge, Latin Quarter, The Dunes and The Flamingo hotels for the likes of Pearl Bailey, Vic Damone,[16] Shirley Jones, Paula Kelly, Tallulah Bankhead and Jane Kean (with whom he also partnered on stage).

[3] Though Fletcher achieved significant notice in the entertainment industry for his choreography, he is best known in the 21st century for having introduced the Pilates conditioning method, from its home base in New York City, to the American west coast via his Ron Fletcher Studio for Body Contrology, which he opened May 1, 1972 on Rodeo Drive at Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California.

[4] Fletcher was the first to “take the Pilates work vertical.” [17] Fletcher’s new studio attracted well-known film personalities such as Ali MacGraw, Barbra Streisand, Candice Bergen and Katharine Ross, as well as studio executives, celebrities, dancers and many prominent and influential members of Hollywood society including Betsy Bloomingdale and Nancy Reagan.

[17] Beginning with features in The Los Angeles Times and Vogue Magazine in 1971, the decade that followed found Fletcher’s studio and his take on the Pilates method featured in Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Town & Country, Ladies Home Journal, Women’s Wear Daily, Self and Beverly Hills Times Magazine, among others.

[1] Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona,[20] it is based on the apprenticeship-learning model Fletcher experienced as a student and disciple of Joseph and Clara Pilates.

Los Angeles Times, Home Magazine (supplement), May 4, 1975; Krier, Beth Ann “A New Kind of Body High” pp 14–16.

Good Housekeeping, February 1979 (Book release promotional spread) by Ron Fletcher and Alan Ebert “Every Body Can Be MORE Beautiful” pp 28–34.

Cosmopolitan, June 1979; Fletcher, Ron with Ebert, Alan “Breathe Right and Wake Up Your Body” (second installment); 4-page spread, pages not identified.