Kate Corby is a contemporary choreographer, educator and performer. Her dance theater works have been presented in Wisconsin (Madison and Beloit), Illinois (Chicago and Champaign-Urbana), Georgia (Atlanta and Athens), California (San Francisco), Canada (Toronto), Mexico (Puebla), Taiwan (Taipei and Kaohsiung) and Hungary (Budapest), where she carried out choreographic research as a Fulbright Fellow in 2006. Recently Kate has been presenting work in Chicago with the LIVE ANIMALS Performance Collective (Ruth Page Center for the Arts, Hamlin Park Fieldhouse, Link's Hall and Around the Coyote Gallery) and independently at the Dance Center of Columbia College. From 1999-2004 Ms. Corby was a San Francisco, California-based choreographer and dancer and established Kate Corby & Dancers in 2001. The ensemble performed in many San Francisco venues, including five self-produced concerts from 2001 to 2003, and received grant support from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, CA$H of Theatre Bay Area, and Meet the Composer. Kate Corby & Dancers  was reestablished in Madison in 2009. Ms. Corby received a BA in Dance and Women’s Studies from Beloit College and an MFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was an instructor and performed with numerous faculty and student choreographers. She has served on the faculties of the Dance Center of Columbia College, Beloit College, and the Pedagogy Department of the Hungarian Dance Academy. Ms. Corby joined the UW-Madison Dance Program in 2008.