Name: Dr. Wanda K. W. Ebright
Title: Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Studies
Education: Ph.D. in Dance from Texas Woman's University
MFA in Dance Performance & Choreography from Florida State University
BA in French from Memphis State University (now University of Memphis)
Office: 133 McLaurin Hall
Phone: 803/323-4850
E-mail: ebrightw@winthrop.edu
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Area(s): Classical ballet and pointe, Graham-based modern dance, Jazz dance, Dance history,
History of dance in historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), History
of blacks in classical ballet
Wanda K. W. Ebright holds a PhD in Dance from Texas Woman's University, an MFA in
Dance Performance and Choreography from Florida State University, and a BA in French
from Memphis State University. Dr. Ebright serves as Associate Dean and Director of
Graduate Studies for the College of Visual & Performing Arts at Winthrop University.
Prior to this appointment, she served as Coordinator of the Dance Program and the
Visual & Performing Arts major at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC, where
she taught all levels of classical ballet, pointe, Graham-based modern, and jazz dance.
She is Artistic Director of The Wanda Project, a ballet-based contemporary dance company,
and her research is focused on the history of dance in historically black colleges
and universities. She is a former President of the South Carolina Dance Association
and has helped to revise state K-12 dance curriculum standards in both Georgia and
South Carolina. Her choreography has been performed in Charlotte's Festival in the
Park, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival (SC), Arts Alive! Festival (SC), Panoply Choreography
Festival (AL), and the Denver Independent Choreographers Project (CO), and was featured
this past spring in the Atlanta Fringe Festival (GA).
Dr. Ebright is a very active guest teacher, providing master classes and workshops
in middle and high schools in the southeastern United States, as well as conferences
such as the National High School Dance Festival; the SC Dancing Festival; the South
Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (SCAHPERD)
Convention; the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC), and the American College Dance
Festival Association (ACDFA) Conference.
Last updated by rayj 08/01/2019