David Alan Cook
David Alan Cook began dancing in Montgomery, Alabama under the direction of Duane Dishion. Mr. Cook went on to study in Birmingham at The Alabama School of Fine Arts with Thor Sutowski and Dame Sonia Arova. He continued his training in New York with The American Ballet Theatre School, The American Center for The Joffrey Ballet, and The School of American Ballet for The New York City Ballet.
Mr. Cook has danced professionally with The Cleveland-San Jose Ballet, The Nashville Ballet, The Pennsylvania Ballet, and The Atlanta Ballet companies. His repertoire includes leading roles in Balanchine’s “Meloncholic” from “The Four Temperaments”, and the Grand Pas de Deux from “Stars and Stripes.” Mr. Cook’s professional experience was highlighted performing Balanchine’s “Allegro Brillante” with New York City Ballet’s Sean Lavery and Heather Watts, dancing the principal roles, as well as performing with Rudolph Nureyev in The Cleveland-San Jose Ballet’s production of Flemming Flindt’s “The Overcoat” and Dennis Nahat’s Copelia; touring Ireland, The Edinburgh Festival in Scotland and throughout the United States.
Mr. Cook continued his career in The Netherlands, as a classical ballet teacher for the Department of The Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Amsterdam and as guest company teacher for Introdans, a Dutch repertoire ballet company in Arnhem. He later became company classical teacher and eventually ballet master for Djazzex, a modern jazz dance company in Den Haag. He was honored for staging performances for The World Expo in Seville, Spain, The Palermo Festival in Italy, and also while on tour throughout The Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.