Hello
Hi, I’m Abbie — a Canadian movement educator and artist specializing in dance, yoga, pilates, strength training, and figure skating conditioning. I work with clients to develop strength, confidence, and embodied awareness through intentional, high-quality movement training. My approach blends technical precision with holistic wellness to support both performance and everyday well-being.
My Story
Abbie Metcalfe is a Canadian artist, educator, and movement practitioner with over two decades of experience in dance, yoga, and movement-based wellness. Her work exists at the intersection of performance, conditioning, and somatic practice, supporting both technical excellence and embodied awareness through intentional movement.
Her foundational training began at a young age and includes study with L’École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec, Ballet Jörgen, and Canada’s National Ballet School. She holds distinctions in all RAD examinations through Advanced 1, as well as in all Vaganova assessments.
A graduate with honours from York University’s Bachelor of Fine Arts Dance Program, Abbie was awarded the IMASCO Performing Arts Award and the Julianna Lau Award in Dance Therapy in recognition of her artistic and academic excellence. She is certified through Yoga Alliance International and Acrobatique ADTA, and integrates principles of yoga, dance, and functional movement to support physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
Abbie’s teaching philosophy is grounded in the belief that movement is both technical and deeply personal. She creates supportive, refined spaces where dancers, skaters, and movers of all levels can develop strength, confidence, and expressive clarity. Her practice spans ballet, pointe, contemporary, jazz, modern, lyrical, acrobatics, yoga, pilates, strength and conditioning, figure skating conditioning, and off-ice training. Drawing from her background in competitive gymnastics, her acrobatics and conditioning work emphasize precision, alignment, and sustainable physical development.
Her work in figure skating includes choreography, off-ice training, flexibility development, and performance coaching for skaters across Canada. She holds CanSkate and Regional coaching certifications and supports both recreational and competitive athletes in refining artistry, musicality, and technical expression.
Abbie has worked extensively across Canada as an educator, choreographer, and collaborator within both dance and figure skating communities, and is currently based primarily in Ottawa. She previously served as co-director of AB Performing Arts Centre in southern Alberta and continues to guest-choreograph for studios and competitive programs nationwide. Her choreographic work has been recognized at numerous competitions, with students achieving overall awards, titles, and competitive distinctions under her direction.