3rd Sunday Contact Jam and CI Class

Lani Nahele/Lisa Schmidt has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from SUNY/Purchase, 1982.  She was a member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1985-1992.  Lani  received her Certification as Practitioner of Body-Mind Centering in 1994.  Several years were spent in Berlin, Braunschweig, and Cologne Germany where she was commissioned to make work, performed and taught.  Some of her collaborators include Dieter Heitkamp, Helge Musial, Ka Rustler (Tanzfabrik in Berlin), Olivier Besson (Boston, Paris), Eva Geueke (Germany), Frey Faust (France, Germany), and Catherine Musinsky (Boston) among others with whom she has created numerous evening-length duets, group works and improvisational work.  Currently she is part of a collective which includes; Jen Polins, Cynthia McLaughlin, Saliq Francis Savage, Krista DeNio and herself.  Certifications include BMC®, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, Pilates, Circulatory Massage and Reiki.  She has also studied Trager Psychophysical Integration, Orthobionomy, and CranioSacral Therapy.  Lani has a private practice in her studio, Studio rEvolution, and makes and sells dance pants.  She is mother to Willem, seven years old.