Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Lori Mercil - Season 5, Episode 63

LORI MERCIL is a dancer with the Christopher Watson Dance
Company, and MotionArt. Lori began her dance training with Vernon
Russell in her native California, eventually earning her BFA in
Dance from the University of Montana where she studied with many
wonderful guest artists, including Douglas Dunn, and Joe Goode.
She earned summer scholarships for further study at the Martha
Graham School in NYC, and Repertory Dance Theater in Salt Lake
City, and has taught and/or performed ballet, jazz, modern, and
creative movement in Montana, Oregon, Japan, and the Twin Cities.
 

In addition to her current dance company cohorts at CWDC and
MotionArt, Lori has also performed with Hauser Dance, Marciano
Silva dos Santos, Link Vostok, Off-Leash Area, Una Setia, and
with Marylee Hardenbergh on many site-specific dance projects,
including as project manager and one of several choreographers
for the 2015 Solstice River XIX. Lori has taught at Ballare
Teatro, CWDC, Dancercize Kids, Hauser Dance, TU Dance, Young
Dance, and Zenon, and has shown her own work at Hauser Dance,
Kinetic Kitchen, Dances at the Lakes, and Christopher Watson
Dance Company, and is currently a co-producer/choreographer for
the recently created annual choreographers evening, 16 Feet,
along with Gerry Girouard and Becky Heist. Lori is grateful for
this amazing Twin Cities dance community, and is looking forward
to many more enriching experiences!