A new downtown enterprise has begun dancing into business.
Titanium Arts Lab, located at 17 Colborne St. E., features a 3,000-square-foot arts studio that is replacing the Dance Space which was located on Ontario Street.
“We actually bought the Dance Space (but) COVID kind of got to them and they were ready to close the doors. So, we bought the assets of the business but re-opened and branded as a new studio,” explained Kalene Corcoran, who owns the business with Martine Couture.
“We are coming from a space where we only had 500 square feet, so this is really great for the kids and helps keep them separated with the COVID pandemic going on,” she said.
Corcoran and Couture are hoping to bring an arts experience to Orillia that can’t be found elsewhere.
“Martine grew up dancing at the university level, and she really believed that we could grow the arts industry here in Orillia,” Corcoran explained.
“Martine has two daughters that dance here at the studio and her one daughter, Naomi, got scoliosis and had to have titanium metal put in her spine, which is a part of the reason we named our studio Titanium," explained Corcoran. "It’s also one of the strongest metals and we wanted to stand out from other dance studios from around here.”
Corcoran says the atmosphere at Titanium Arts Lab helps students thrive and achieve success.
“I think Martine and I bring an energy that is unique, and I would even say the families that we have here have the same kind of energy which is out of this world,” she said.
“We had a new student start with us and after one class she felt like she was a part of the team. We are very inclusive; our energy is what separates us.”
So far, Titanium Arts Lab is off to a hot start. Already 600 students have registered for fall programming.
“It’s going really good, and we have a lot of young ones signing up, which we love,” Corcoran said.
While things are going well so far, Corcoran says there is still lots of work to be done.
“Eventually down the road, we want to offer visual arts, performing arts, music, painting, and all that stuff. But for now, we are just a dance studio and have a strong base of students who can help us expand over the next couple of years,” she said.
Registration for Titanium Arts Lab fall programming is open until October, and you can find more information here.
