Diane Wawrejko to Teach & Conduct Ethnographic Research
Diane Wawrejko, part-time instructor in Columbia's dance department and new millennium studies, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. She will teach dance composition and interactive improvisation to dance and physical theatre students.
Wawrejko also will conduct ethnographic research into traditional dances during the 2006-07 Fall Semester.
Wawrejko has a background as a performing artist, choreographer, and scholar. Trained in classical ballet and modern dance, she performed with several companies. She holds a bachelor's degree in ballet from Mercyhurst College, an MFA in modern dance performance and choreography from Arizona State University, and has completed her Ph.D. dissertation in dance studies at the University of Surrey, UK. Wawrejko was recently nominated to the President's Committee on the Arts.