8 Dancers
31 Original Works
Over 2000 Rehearsals
– and Counting
Exciting Audiences Everywhere!
Alison Cook Beatty Dance
8 Dancers.
31 Original Works.
Over 2000 Rehearsals – And Counting.
Exciting Audiences Everywhere!
What’s here?
The Alison Cook-Beatty story just below.
Then an “inside look” video about Alison Cook Beatty Dance.
Plus beautiful stills.
And wait till you see what others are saying about ACBD!
What’s here?
The Alison Cook-Beatty story just below.
Then an “inside look” video about Alison Cook Beatty Dance.
Plus beautiful stills.
And wait till you see what others are saying about ACBD!
Alison Cook-Beatty in her own words…
Alison Cook Beatty Dance in NPAFE’s words…
Alison Cook Beatty Dance is an astonishing NY-based modern dance company founded in 2012 by award-winning choreographer Alison Cook-Beatty, a true creator who has successfully married passion, leadership, originality, entrepreneurial courage, and dance expertise that have been thrilling audiences ever since.
Cook-Beatty’s creative power is rooted in a remarkable personal and professional journey beginning with her studies and performances at the Boston Conservatory of Music where she earned her BFA and studied the great modern dance and ballet traditions along with extensive composition and choreography training.
In 2006, the Paul Taylor Dance Company itself recognized her exceptional skills and brought her on board. There, she learned a great deal from Taylor himself, watching him closely as he choreographed new works, and dancing in Taylor performances both in New York, nationally, and internationally.
In 2008, she was awarded a scholarship to attend New York’s prestigious Joffrey Ballet School. At Joffrey, she expanded upon and fine-tuned her craft while getting a first-hand glimpse into the working of yet another successful celebrated dance organization. It was not long before she came to believe that she could do just that – run a dance company as Artistic Director and Choreographer.
In 2012, she formed Alison Cook Beatty Dance, indeed her very own company with its very own style and with its very own success in bringing more than 30 new works to the stage in little more than 7 short years.
She remarked, “The time spent between leaving Paul’s company (2008) and starting my own helped prepare and inform me in the huge responsibility of leading a non-profit organization in New York City. I needed to be ready inside to take on the unknowns, knowing that if I was going to do this, I was going to do it with full intention of creating art in a way that I would be proud and grow as an artist, and with a Company that would inspire audiences.”
Imagine what is yet to come! Watching the video below, you will see how that future unfolded, how Cook-Beatty listens while leading, builds teams, and why she has earned the respect of all who come into her special universe of dance. Certainly, the respect of her dancers, certainly ours, and for sure— the respect of her audiences.
Alison Cook Beatty Dance in the words of others…
Lorie Lewis, Milford Arts Council
Joseph Mencinia
Louisa Wah, The Dance Enthusiast
…and there’s plenty more!
Alison Cook-Beatty in her own words…
Alison Cook Beatty Dance in NPAFE’s words…
Alison Cook Beatty Dance is an astonishing NY-based modern dance company founded in 2012 by award-winning choreographer Alison Cook-Beatty, a true creator who has successfully married passion, leadership, originality, entrepreneurial courage, and dance expertise that have been thrilling audiences ever since.
Cook-Beatty’s creative power is rooted in a remarkable personal and professional journey beginning with her studies and performances at the Boston Conservatory of Music where she earned her BFA and studied the great modern dance and ballet traditions along with extensive composition and choreography training.
In 2006, the Paul Taylor Dance Company itself recognized her exceptional skills and brought her on board. There, she learned a great deal from Taylor himself, watching him closely as he choreographed new works, and dancing in Taylor performances both in New York, nationally, and internationally.
In 2008, she was awarded a scholarship to attend New York’s prestigious Joffrey Ballet School. At Joffrey, she expanded upon and fine-tuned her craft while getting a first-hand glimpse into the working of yet another successful celebrated dance organization. It was not long before she came to believe that she could do just that – run a dance company as Artistic Director and Choreographer.
In 2012, she formed Alison Cook Beatty Dance, indeed her very own company with its very own style and with its very own success in bringing more than 30 new works to the stage in little more than 7 short years.
She remarked, “The time spent between leaving Paul’s company (2008) and starting my own helped prepare and inform me in the huge responsibility of leading a non-profit organization in New York City. I needed to be ready inside to take on the unknowns, knowing that if I was going to do this, I was going to do it with full intention of creating art in a way that I would be proud and grow as an artist, and with a Company that would inspire audiences.”
Imagine what is yet to come! Watching the video below, you will see how that future unfolded, how Cook-Beatty listens while leading, builds teams, and why she has earned the respect of all who come into her special universe of dance. Certainly, the respect of her dancers, certainly ours, and for sure— the respect of her audiences.
Alison Cook Beatty Dance in the words of others…
Lorie Lewis, Milford Arts Council
Joseph Mencinia
Louisa Wah, The Dance Enthusiast
…and there’s plenty more!
Video: An Inside Look At Alison Cook Beatty Dance
Video by The Fleet
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