Alexandra Cook has had professional roles in dance as a performer, choreographer, dance educator, and arts manager. She is the Director of Education and Community Engagement for Baryshnikov Arts, working to devise and establish the organization’s first post-pandemic education and engagement activities. Previously, she worked in leadership on the Education and Community Engagement team at Mark Morris Dance Group, where she was the artistic director for the student companies, fostered growth and career development for over 100 faculty, and supported the marketing, finance, and fundraising departments to meet earned and contributed income goals. Alex has over a decade of teaching experience in a variety of learning environments for disabled and non-disabled dancers, and her writing on dance education topics has been published by Dance Magazine and Dance Ed Tips. From 2016-2020, she was the Artistic Director of WorkHorse Dance Project, and she has performed as a member of Fusionworks Modern Dance Company, the State Ballet of Rhode Island, with ACW Dances in Arlington, VA, and as a freelance artist. She holds an MFA in Performing Arts Management from Brooklyn College and a BA in Dance and Economics from Denison University.