The Studio
Serious about Pilates.
Happily less serious
about everything else.
Studio 15 has been part of Paris 15e since 2012. A proper Pilates studio, a team of experienced instructors and a community that has grown one class at a time.
Our story
Small studio. Growing community. Bigger home.
Studio 15 opened in the 15th arrondissement in 2012 in a 100m² space dedicated to one thing: teaching Pilates properly.
People kept coming back. They brought friends. Classes filled. The timetable grew. Eventually, so did the studio.
In 2023, Studio 15 moved into its current 220m² home on Rue de Javel, with more room, more equipment and dedicated space for group classes, private sessions and teacher training.
Bigger studio. Same idea.
The space
Built around the way we teach.
Enough room for proper equipment and a full timetable. Small enough that instructors can still see what is happening in the room.
Reformer studio
Eight Reformer/Tower machines with space to move, teach and actually see the person next to you.
Mat studio
Maximum eight people. No rows of twenty bodies disappearing into the distance.
Private studio
A separate room and dedicated equipment for individual and personalised sessions.
Karen Seidman · Founder
Still teaching. Still learning. Still paying attention.
Karen discovered Pilates in South Florida in 2002 after a 17-year career with TWA and American Airlines. What started as personal practice quickly became something she wanted to understand properly.
She completed a comprehensive Pilates training programme involving more than 350 hours of study and practice, then went on to run a Pilates and exercise programme in Aventura, Florida.
After moving back to Paris in 2008 and teaching for several years, Karen opened Studio 15 in 2012. Her approach remains simple: understand the method, explain why the work matters and pay attention to the person in front of you.
Meet the instructors
Different backgrounds. One standard of teaching.
Dance, movement, sport, yoga and years of Pilates practice all show up in the room. What matters most is experienced teaching and attention to the person in front of you.
Elodie Reboursiere
BASI-trained with a strong background in contemporary dance, jazz and Argentine tango.
Sandrine Maronnie
BASI-certified on Mat and apparatus, with additional training in yoga and postural and breathing approaches.
Arianne Leverrier
Franco-American former professional dancer and certified Pilates instructor teaching Mat and equipment.
Gabriela Claverie
A Studio 15 client from the beginning who later turned her own Pilates practice into a teaching career.
Stephanie Viu-Kessler
More than 15 years of Reformer and Tower teaching experience, with particular attention to precision and breath.
Laure Coquel
Movement teacher with more than 20 years of yoga experience and Polestar Pilates Mat training.
Byungsoon Lee Carreau
Korean-speaking Reformer instructor with more than a decade of Pilates practice and US-based instructor certification.
Studio management*
And then there’s Sammy.
Our resident corgi is often at the studio, generally welcoming clients, supervising classes and occasionally taking a rather personal interest in people’s toes.
*Job title self-appointed.
Studio 15 in the press
Apparently, people have been talking.
Come and meet us
The easiest way to understand Studio 15 is to be in it.
Find a class, book your place and come see what more than a decade of Pilates in Paris 15e looks like.