pilates and play
WITH STEPHANIE ELLISON
Pilates & Play
A 10-Week Movement Lab with Stephanie Ellison
Sundays · 9–10 am (Oak Room)
April 27th – June 29th
Studio A Dance · 2306 Hyperion Ave. Los Angeles, CA
Free street parking · Bring your own mat
$20 single class · $175 full series (payment info below)
What if your workout felt more like a
playground?
This ten-week series combines classical Pilates mat, creative movement and dance, and reflective inquiry to inspire fitness, curiosity and connection. Each class blends Pilates mat (20–30 min.) with simple, playful exercises—drawing from tai chi, dance improvisation, and open-ended, game-like activities, all guided by the question of: What if? Group and individual reflections unfold through conversation and journaling prompts. Rooted in research on play and movement in knowledge-making, this space offers a supportive environment that welcomes everyone—non-dancers, Pilates newcomers, and professionals alike. Join the fulseries or drop by when you can. The aim is to cultivate health, resilience, and community by collectively exploring and celebrating our unique physical and sensory perspectives, recognizing each person’s embodied experience as a superpower.
Payment Info
Venmo @hsiellison (Stephanie Ellison) PayPal.me/stephanieellison1136, Cash, Check
Questions?
BIO:
Stephanie Ellison, a lifelong dancer, turned an early intervention to correct pigeon-toed feet and scoliosis into a lifelong passion for movement. Stephanie embraced Pilates in 2001, earning certification from Performing Arts Physical Therapy and The Pilates Studio of LA, and training with Joseph Pilates' protege, Romana Kryzanowska while teaching at Winsor Pilates in West Hollywood. She later delved into circus arts, merging play with wellness, and opening a Pilates practice within Bumbershoot Aerial Arts in St. Louis, where she also taught the Pilates curriculum under the Dance Department at Washington University.
Stephanie has taught throughout the US and internationally including Rhinebeck Pilates in New York, and in Norway, France, England, and China. In 2023, she completed her master’s with Choreomundus, an Erasmus Mundus program investigating dance, ritual, and movement systems as intangible cultural heritage. Her anthropology fieldwork considered ritualized movement and dance in attending to local landscapes in Southern England. Stephanie’s research interests dwell in interdisciplinary approaches to embodiment, rhythm, space, and sensory experience and their applications in frameworks for education, healthcare, environmental knowledge and community.
NOTE: this program is independent of Studio A Dance, please contact Stephanie directly