Rae Zimmerli (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, and photographer raised in Overland Park, Kansas and living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a BFA in contemporary performance and choreography and is currently freelance dance artist with Wildspace Dance Company, an apprentice for Danceworks MKE, and artistic director of Fable Dance Company. Her choreographic work has been presented at Milwaukee Fringe Festival, American College Dance Association, Danceworks MKE, Camping Dance Festival (Paris, FR), Chicago Danztheatre, and more. She has performed work by Kia Smith, Katy Pyle, YNOT, Simone Ferro, Dawn Springer, Maria Gillespie, Dan Schuchart, Gina Laurenzi, Jaclyn Brown, and others. As a photographer, Rae specializes in dance photography and portraiture and has been hired by Danceworks MKE, Wild Space Dance Company, Wisconsin Dance Council, dance competitions and others. Her fine-art photography has been featured at Leenhouts Art Gallery, Focus Art Gallery, La Gente Art Gallery, the Tim Murphy Art Gallery, and UWM's Union Art Gallery where her piece She Who Shows the Way (photography version) was purchased for UWM's permanent collection.