Zoe Mei Glise (she/her) is a choreographer, performer, and movement-based artist born in China, and located in Milwaukee, WI. She is currently a company member with Danceworks Performance Company (DPMKE), Wild Space Dance Company, and the Gina Laurenzi Dance Project (GLDP). Previously, Zoe danced as a company member with Madison Contemporary Dance, and was Nova Linea Contemporary Dance’s first company apprentice. Zoe received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Performance and Choreography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Throughout her years at UWM, Zoe worked with several guest artists and faculty members in performances and master classes including Daniel Burkholder, Mair Culbreth, Parijat Desai, Emma Draves, Yumelia Garcia, Maria Gillespie, Joe Goode, Gina Laurenzi, Marina Magalhães, Caitlin Mahon, Tatiana Malinkine, Dan Schuchart, Kia Smith, and more. In 2019, with the help of the National Endowment for the Arts grant, Zoe collaborated with Joe Goode to create a dance film, “Real Words” which was presented at the North Central American College Dance Association (ACDA).
Zoe has presented her work throughout Wisconsin, Montana, and Paris, France. In the summer of 2022, Zoe was selected to travel to Paris, France to attend the Camping Residency at the Centre National de le Danse, where her work, “what was, what is” was performed. Her solo, “blood, DNA, connection” was presented at the 2020 and 2021 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). She has been selected numerous times to choreograph for Danceworks’ Get It Out There concerts in Milwaukee, WI, as well as for performances with La Crosse Dance Centre in La Crosse, WI. Zoe has also attended multiple summer intensives and workshops in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Utah, California and New York, working with companies such as the Joffrey Ballet, Bandaloop, Wasatch Contemporary Dance, Nova Linea Contemporary Dance, and the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts. Most recently, Zoe presented her debut evening length performance, “Uncommon Ground” held at Adventure Rock Milwaukee, as a way to blend her two passions—dance and rock climbing.