SARAH OHLEMACHER | LISA OLSON | ROBIN PARKER
CRYSTAL PATE | ANA SHOEMAKER | JACKIE SMITH

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

To contact any of our staff, call the studio at 972.732.0206 or email us.

Jackie Smith Manager Operations, Customer Care	Jackie received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of North Texas in 2005. She went into social work and put her life on hold to help others, overextending herself as a busy case manager and supervisor at a foster care and adoption agency. She changed fields in 2008 in order to achieve a more balanced and healthy lifestyle. Jackie is now enjoying life as a newlywed after marrying her high school sweetheart in 2008. She especially enjoys yoga and is exploring the benefits of Pilates training. Jackie loves being a part of such a vibrant and uplifting community, and she hopes to help everyone feel welcome to become their personal best as they strengthen body, mind and spirit.

Lisa Olson Manager Marketing & Communications, Abundance Boutique	Lisa has an extensive background in marketing, promotions, event management and community building. She was the Founding Director of Spark!, a Dallas-based organization for women. A writer, artist and lifelong journaler, she facilitates creative, professional and personal development workshops designed to awaken the senses and stir the soul. A dancer at heart, Lisa grew up with training in ballet, tap, jazz and Ballet Folklorico and is now passionate about Bellydance, Nia and Ecstatic Dance. Her life is full of meaningful relationships, everyday epiphanies and magical miracles. She lives in the lower Greenville area of Dallas with her 14-year-old daughter Madelyn. Lisa considers it a great joy and privilege to be part of MoveStudio, doing work she loves and contributing her talents to such a unique and inspiring community.

Robin Parker Owner/Director	Robin is the founder, owner and director of MoveStudio. Her vision is to provide a peaceful, inspiring space and community for adults to experience the joy of movement as a path to mind-body-soul wellness. She believes strongly in the wisdom of the body and the power of joyful, intentional, communal movement, and she welcomes your feedback and suggestions. Robin has been passionate about dance since 1980, first in South Florida where she grew up, and later in Dallas, including two years as a dance major at SMU. She initially studied, performed and taught ballet and jazz before discovering modern, Nia and ecstatic dance, using movement as a spiritual and meditative practice. She is especially inspired by Gabrielle Roth's 5 Rhythms(TM) and TranceDance. (Check out the Conscious Dance Dallas facebook page to find out more about our local ecstatic dance tribe.) After recurring injuries and chronic pain forced her to explore alternatives to ballet, Robin discovered the life-changing practices of Nia, Pilates, yoga and ecstatic dance. Once she took off her shoes and began to move in a more authentic way, her body healed and she found new meaning and joy in movement. MoveStudio is her realized vision of a place where other adults can do the same. She has been greatly influenced by all the teachers and students of MoveStudio over the years. Before opening the studio, Robin was a freelance writer/editor and communications consultant, and before that she worked for the American Heart Association for several years. She has a degree in communications from SMU in Dallas.

Crystal Pate Customer Care	Crystal was born and raised in Italy, has lived throughout Europe and speaks several languages. She moved to the United States as an adult to pursue her acting career. As a dancer, yoga teacher and Pilates practitioner, she feels right at home at MoveStudio. She also has her own online travel business, Timezone Travel.

Sarah Ohlemacher Customer Care	Sarah joined the MoveStudio staff in the summer of 2009, after discovering her love of dance. Currently, she is an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at Dallas, earning a double degree in Neuroscience and Criminology. Upon graduation, she plans to attend graduate school as well as culinary school to combine her love of cooking with her interests in fitness, nutrition and brain chemistry. In her spare time, she enjoys running, rock climbing, tennis, cooking, photography and reading.

Ana Shoemaker Customer Care	Ana began her path towards understanding movement as a healing tool in her final year in college. While studying Sociology and Anthropology at Sarah Lawrence College she took her first intro course to Dance and learned about Anna Halprin’s Movement Ritual™. Her second four-year run in continuing education came with a spontaneous move to upstate New York to begin a work exchange with Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, where she was introduced to a myriad of personal development and healing modalities. From then on she pursued work in intentional communities committed to therapy and relational healing around the globe. She is a certified Halprin Practitioner in Expressive Arts Therapy through the Tamalpa Institute. She has begun certification in Bioenergetics as well as ABA therapy for working with autistic children. Her favorite activities are kirtan chanting and kickboxing. Ana’s motto for all new students curious about MoveStudio wondering whether to begin is, “Come as you are and love how you have arrived.”

Work-in-trade positions available! Want to earn free classes by working in trade a few hours a week or month? Ongoing opportunities available for front desk assistants for all shifts as well as cleaning/studio care assistants. We're also seeking a "handyperson" to perform basic maintenance and minor repairs approximately once a month. No heavy construction; we just need a mechanically-minded problem-solver who's not afraid to get their hands dirty or climb up on a ladder! Please direct all inquiries and resumes to Jackie Smith at the studio.