Waeli Wang was recently appointed as Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at University of Kansas. In her interview, she describes phasing in and out of different dance experiences throughout her twenties. She fell in love with teaching as a pole instructor and competitor, but after struggling to identify with the commercial dance world in LA and the dance department at her undergrad university, Waeli left dance to become a filmmaker in NYC. Then through a context-shifting experience, she rediscovered experimental theater and movement as tools for identity research. Her awakening then blossomed into a passion for auto-ethnography, leading her to an MFA at the University of California at Irvine and a choreographic fellowship in the bay area before her latest academic appointment.

You can learn more about Waeli at www.waeliwang.com