Karla is coordinator of the Dance Program at the University of Wisconsin Ð River Falls and artistic director of the UWRF Dance Theatre.

MS and MFA University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ms. Zhe teaches Dance Appreciation, Dance Improvisation, Dance Composition, Rhythms, Dance for the Elementary School and Dance Repertory.

HHP Option I advisor.

Karla has been coordinator of the UWRF Dance program and director of Dance Theatre since 1982. She holds an MS and MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a former faculty member at James Madison University. Karla has been teaching and choreographing for over thirty years. Her choreography has been presented in Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota and at the American College Dance Association’s’ Mid-Atlantic and Mid West Regional festivals. Karla has been awarded both a University of Wisconsin System Teaching Fellowship and the College of Education Outstanding Faculty Award. Karla has traveled to Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Jamaica to engage in research, and the study of traditional dance forms. Last year, while on sabbatical, Karla completed a four-year program at The Pilates and Physical Therapy Center of Seattle and received advanced teacher certification in The Authentic Pilates‘Method from Sari Santo in New York City.

Karla has been awarded both a University of Wisconsin System Teaching Fellowship and the College of Education Outstanding Faculty Award.

Karla has traveled to Cuba, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica to engage in research, and the study of traditional Afro-Caribbean dance forms.