Dr. Diane Wawrejko

Dr. Diane Wawrejko, performer, choreographer, educator, and scholar, was the sole exchange artist from the cities of Chicago to Lucerne, Switz for July 2009. She is an adjunct faculty in Dance and Humanities at Columbia College Chicago and the College of DuPage, USA.  She has served as a senior Dance Fulbright Scholar to Bulgaria, Executive Director of the National Dance Association, and dance program coordinator at both the University of Texas – Pan American and Wheaton College.  She has performed professionally with several dance companies and on PBS, was a residency and workshop artist with Urban Gateways of Chicago, and was nominated recently to the President's Committee on the Arts.  She holds a Masters of Fine Art (Arizona State) in performance and choreography and a PhD (University of Surrey, UK) in dance studies.