Higher Education
2006 to present PhD student (part time) at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies
2004-2006 MA Central & South East Studies, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies
2003-2004 Courses in Greek Archaeology and practical archaeology field work, forming part of the Certificate of Higher Education, Birbeck, University of London
1978 Urban history course, Open University
1973-76 Bsc(Econ) Joint Honours Economics and Geography, UCL
Dance Activites
2004-2006 Member of Macedonian Dance group ‘Sonce’
1992 to present Member of London Romanian dance Group Mărţişorul
1987 to present Teacher of Romanian and Bulgarian traditional dances
1994 Devised ISTD Bulgarian national syllabus with husband
1993-1996 Teacher Scandia dance group, London
1992-1997 Member of Balaton Hungarian Dance group in London
July 1987 SIFD South East European Teachers certificate
1986- present Attendance at dance courses & festivals in Uk, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romanian, Czech republic, Netherlands, Sweden & Norway.
1986 Founder member of Sborenka dance group
1978-present Member of Society for International Folk Dancing (SIFD)
1977 Associate ballet membership qualification British Association of Teachers of Dancing (BATD)
1971-1972 ISTD Bronze Ballroom and silver Latin America medals
1953-1971 Ballet, Tap and modern dance training Grades 1 to Elementary
Organisational & administrative roles
2006-2007 Part of Editorial team for book 'Nation in Formation'
2005-2006 Member of Committee organising 7th Postgraduate Conference at UCL-SSEES, responsible for the budget and web site
1999 to present Co-host of Eliznik website on the ethnography of Romania, Bulgaria and south east Europe
1988-1995 Organized dance courses and visits of dance teachers from Netherlands, Sweden, Romania
1986-1993 member of SIFD Committee
1986-1993 Founder member and Committee member of Balkan
Plus Balkan Dance organisation
Memberships
International Association for Southeast European Anthropology (InAsea)
International Council for Traditional Music
Society for Dance Research
British Forum for Ethnomusicology
Textile Society
Romanian Cultural Centre, London
Linguistic Skills
English – native speaker
Romanian - reading fluent, speaking - progressing
French - O level
Latin - O level
Ancient Greek - O level standard