Movement with meaning.
Pilates instruction, remedial work and research with Marcelle Sutton — a practice built on breath, alignment and body integrity. Leiria, Marvão, Lisbon & online.
A body that holds together.
I have been teaching Pilates for over twenty years, on three continents and in different languages.
From my introduction to ballet at four years old, through my study of the human body under Jennifer Paynter and full instructor certification with STOTT Pilates (Canada) and PTAF (South Africa), my search has always been the same: how to make the body work correctly.
I teach matwork, equipment and barre — as well as remedial classes and workshops for musicians, dancers, performing artists and other specialists.
- Certification
- STOTT Pilates
PTAF Conditioning - Research
- MMus — Stellenbosch
cum laude
Choose your practice.
Private
Sessions
Fully tailored to your body's needs. The most focused route into the method.
Explore 02 / Small groupGroup
Classes
Matwork and equipment classes kept small so no one is missed.
Explore 03 / OnlinePilates
Barre
Ballet-inspired, chair-based, online. Movement, music and joy — a full hour.
Explore 04 / RehabilitativeRemedial
Pilates
For diagnosed back, neck and hip issues. Small groups or private, applying the principles for lasting change.
ExploreThe performer's body.
Pilates programmes designed around the tension patterns each instrument, voice and discipline imposes.
Breath, resonance, presence.
Pilates for singers, grounded in my Master's research on a Pilates warm-up for classical voice.
Micro-stability, macro-line.
Injury rehabilitation, alignment correction and confidence for dancers of every level.
For musicians and ensembles.
Workshops for conservatoires, ensembles and music institutions — tailored to the group and the instrument.
An interpretative phenomenological analysis exploring the influence of a Pilates warm-up in singers.
Awarded cum laude by Stellenbosch University. Published in the Post-ip journal. The research grounds how I teach today, and informs my ongoing work with singers and musicians.
Read the researchWhat clients say.
M.B. · policewomanThe MRI showed a protruding disc on the sciatic nerve. Two years of Pilates later, my back had stabilised and I had the core stability to keep it strong.
R.E. · career womanTwo years later I am pain free, with a far greater understanding of what causes discomfort and how to work with my body rather than against it.
J.V. · businesswoman & mumA perfect blend of creative, technical and physical challenge to keep me completely engaged for the full hour — all to some really great classical music.
Let's find the right way in for your body.
Tell me where your body is now and where you'd like it to be — I'll suggest a way in.
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