ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/COMPANY MEMBER

Courtney J. Cook is a Virginia Native now residing in Brooklyn, NY. She is a graduate of the Virginia Governor’s School of the Arts and holds a B.F.A in Dance and Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is now Associate Artistic Director, BOLD facilitator, and performing company member with Urban Bush Women. She is honored to be a recipient of the 2018 “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Performance for her work with UBW, Maria Bauman (MBDance), and Marguerite Hemmings (we free).As a creator, she has had the privilege of performing her solo work, “PoolPITT”, as a featured artist in ModArts Dance Collective’s Collective Thread ‘17, the Estrogenious Festival ‘17, curated by Maura Donohue, and BDAC’s Creative Emancipation Collaboration, curated by Ebony Noelle Golden. She has had the privilege to be in collaboration with interdisciplinary artists Tendayi Kuumba and Greg Purnell (FLUXX Collective 2018-2019) exploring movement, sound, theater, and visual art. In 2022, Cook was involved as performer/choreographic collaborator and vocalist in Cannabis! A Viper Vaudville, created by Baba Israel and Grace Galu Kalambay (Soul Inscribed). In fall of 2023, she made her debut performance with Houston Grand Opera as a dancer, commissioned with Urban Bush Women, in the World Premier of their latest Opera, Intelligence. She also recently made her debut at The Met Opera in John Adam’s El Niño, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz and choreographed by Marjani Forte-Saunders.