The Movement Lab's Claremont studio sits alongside Cavendish Square and is the only one of its two Cape Town branches teaching hot mat Pilates, alongside reformer, mat and barre. Drop-in classes are sold to visitors, though the schedule and purchase both live in the studio's booking app.
The Movement Lab's Claremont studio is on Dreyer Street, running perpendicular to Cavendish Square, with parking in the shopping centre or on the street outside. It is the second of the operator's two Cape Town studios.
Its distinguishing class is hot mat, which the Sea Point branch does not teach: mat Pilates worked in a heated room, closer in feel to a hot yoga class than to a standard mat session. Alongside it the studio teaches reformer Pilates, ordinary mat classes and barre, which is choreographed to a playlist and borrows from dance and functional strength work.
Drop-in classes and multi-class packages are sold to visitors with no membership required.
The practical catch is the same as at Sea Point: the schedule and all purchasing live in the studio's own booking app, which has to be downloaded to a phone. There is no browser checkout, so allow a few minutes for that before your first class.
The studio is part of an accredited Pilates instructor training centre, so courses and workshops share the timetable with ordinary classes.
Highlights
- Reformer, mat, hot mat and barre classes
- Booking is through the studio's own app rather than at the door
- One of three Movement Lab studios in Cape Town
- On Dreyer Street, a short walk from Cavendish