Motu et Lumine – 2026 – N. Royka – Crayon and pen on paper
THE NRSTUDIO CREATES MOTION AND LIGHT!
The NRStudio works with energy and line – the energy in the line of a dancer’s arabesque, in the line of a spine in movement, as well the line in a drawing. The 2026 class calendar connects to the natural world’s energy as we dance through a year of motion and light that enhances creativity, community, artistic engagement and growth.
The NRStudio offers a hybrid model that supports both small group pilates and dance classes, as well as private classes. This flexible approach deepens and enriches studioers’ movement, dance and/or creative practices. Studioers’ don’t just take a “class”. Through thoughtfully tailored class plans, participants are encouraged to incorporate movement, dance and arts, such as drawing and writing, into all facets of their lives. Online classes offer flexibility for busy days. Instudio classes deepen and renew personal practices. The combination of the two creates a powerful tool for the dancer looking to grow and explore, the pilates client interested in practice and routine, and the creator desiring a nurturing process-based arts practice approach. The progressive artist-teacher method supports this approach. This method draws inspiration from the professional arts world. It nurtures comprehensive, artistic learning experiences that cultivate the adult wanting to incorporate dance or therapeutic movement into their life, as well as the maker looking to enhance and foster a trans-disciplinary creative practice.
The NRStudio offers:
- Inspired, comprehensive and crafted adult professional classical ballet and contemporary classes that nurture the individual student’s dancing intentions, practice, wellness, and performance skills.
- Traditional Pilates classes, as well as Pilates-inspired classes, that ground, nurture and support the mind and body through balancing alignment exercises, as well as movement efficiency and breath work.
- Private classes that support the individual studioer’s practice in pilates, movement and creativity.
- Frequent studio emails share the class schedule, community news, as well as support studioers’ moving and creative practice(s).
The studio’s community starts in class. It reaches out to the studio’s Centretown neighborhood through the evolving window gallery, annual garden project and dance performances.
The studio looks forward to offering studioers a rich, bright and individually tailored class experience that brings smiling energy, line and light into 2026’s moving days.
Motu et lumine.
Ps. Want more information?
Please contact Natasha at nrstudiocreates@gmail.com.
The studio thanks you!
Dancer Elizabeth Instudio – 2025 – Photo: N. Royka
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCouvmRtqTpyyHF2r7GpHaPw/playlists