DANIEL COOKE

Daniel Cooke received his early training at the Washington School of Ballet, Maryland Youth Ballet, and with renowned ballerina Suzanne Farrell. He continued his studies at The Orlando Ballet School and Patel Conservatory as a Mary Day Scholar and Youth America Grand Prix medalist. Cooke completed his post-secondary training at Canada’s National Ballet School, then joined the National Ballet of Canada. He was then invited to join the Dutch National Ballet Junior Company. Cooke continued his career at The Suzanne Farrell Ballet for its penultimate seasons at the John F. Kennedy Center. Additionally, Cooke has also danced for Complexions Contemporary Ballet & American Repertory Ballet, worked as a performance capture artist for mobile dance game Bounden, and was a dancer for the Raffaella ballet, choreographed by Ballet Hartford Artistic Director, Claire Kretzschmar.