She trained in classical ballet from a young age and was admitted to Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University.

[2] In 1997 she worked on the production of the festival's documentary series Free to Dance and was nominated for an Emmy Award in Research.

In 2007 she produced Dancing in the Light, a program focused on six works by African-American choreographers, for the Public Broadcasting Service.

[7] Nimerichter also worked as a production member of Great Performances:Dance in America at WNET where she co-produced the performance documentary Born to Be Wild: The Leading Men of American Ballet Theatre, which followed dancers Jose Manuel Carreño, Angel Corella, Vladimir Malakhov, and Ethan Stiefel as they began working on a new piece created for them by Mark Morris.

[5] She serves on the board of directors for Mark Dendy Dance & Theatre and was a member of the Appalachian Summer Festival's artistic partnership team in 2008 and 2009.