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, danced for the National Ballet of Canada, and 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. Proceeding to join Oklahoma City Ballet, he danced soloist and principal roles in the major classics, the works of Jerome Robbins, Balanchine, and Ekman, and debuted roles in new works, while continuing to enhance his choreographic and mentoring abilities.

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, where he is a Principal Dancer.