"At Metropolitan Pilates, we equip our flagship studio only with Gratz apparatus."

- Dorothee VandeWalle & Silvia Furia, Owners
Metropolitan Pilates

STUDIO

Metropolitan Pilates is an authentic Pilates studio in Seattle. Dedicated to the original Pilates method developed by Joseph Pilates, our studio is committed to delivering the best fitness instruction and always addressing our client’s fitness goals and previous injuries. Our workouts are designed to build strength, control, and flexibility. We are located in the University Village shopping center in north Seattle. We offer private and semi-private sessions, group classes, a teacher certification program, and continuing education for Pilates instructors.

Metropolitan Pilates teaches only authentic Pilates, using top-of-the-line Gratz apparatus built from the original design specifications and mechanics of Joseph Pilates’s own equipment. Our state-of-the-art studio features 15 foot ceilings and spacious locker rooms complete with shower facilities. Our instructors have been rigorously trained to develop a system of Pilates exercises tailored specifically for each client. They have each undergone over 700 hours of training and have completed the M.A.T. Pilates Teacher Certification Program. At Metropolitan Pilates, you will experience the very best in fitness instruction.

PEOPLE

Dorothee VandeWalle is recognized as one of the leading teacher-trainers and master Pilates instructors in the world. Dorothee has been teaching Pilates for over 20 years and has trained individuals at all levels of fitness from elite athletes to injured and/or older clients. She started teaching in New York City with Romana Kryzanowska and was a teacher-trainer for Romana’s Pilates for over a decade before starting her own training program. Dorothee teaches in the tradition of the original, authentic Pilates method. She enjoys teaching instructors and practitioners from all different backgrounds and believes that anyone can benefit from authentic Pilates training.

Originally from Belgium, Dorothee started dancing at the age of seven and was trained on scholarship at the Institute für Buhnentanz. She danced professionally for over ten years in Europe and the United States. She’s been teaching in Seattle since 1993 and has had her own studio since 1999.

Silvia Furia was certified as Pilates instructor in 2002. She was trained by Dorothee VandeWalle and Romana Kryzanowska at The Pilates Studio and Physical Therapy Center of Seattle. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Silvia was trained in classical ballet and danced with the Ballet do Rio de Janeiro before coming to the United States to study English. She has lived in the United States for over 30 years and has graduated from Whitman College. She worked at Microsoft Corporation until 1999, holding various positions in project management, business management, and product planning. She is currently studying web design at Seattle Central Community College.

EQUIPMENT

“At Metropolitan Pilates, we equip our flagship studio only with Gratz apparatus. We also require all of our affiliated M.A.T. Pilates Training Centers to be fully equipped with Gratz. Why? Tradition and authenticity, yes. But also craftsmanship, because Pilates exercises cannot be properly executed if the equipment dimensions and proportions are not as specified by Joseph Pilates. Gratz is the original, authentic producer of the apparatus Pilates designed to achieve the intended results. Form and function never went better together then, and we feel the same about Gratz and Metropolitan Pilates today!”

- Dorothee VandeWalle & Silvia Furia, owners

LOCATION

METROPOLITAN PILATES
2688 NE 49th Street
Seattle, Washington 98105

Phone: (206) 525-9900
Email: metropolitanpilates@msn.com
Website: www.metropolitanpilates.com

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