COLE VERNON, from Windsor, CA, graduated from The University of Arizona with his BFA in Dance and completed an apprenticeship with River North Dance Chicago. While training mostly in his small hometown, nestled in the beauty of Sonoma County’s wine country, he spent every summer participating in various dance projects. With full scholarships to Long Beach Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Rock School of Dance, and San Francisco Ballet’s summer programs, he enjoyed the variety of dance education that would prepare him for a future in dance, his passion. With an eagerness to expand his artistic expression, Cole worked with the Springboard Danse Montreal project and their incredible artists. After touring in China as a dance ambassador with the Long Beach Ballet, teaching in Europe under the mentorship of a U of A faculty member, and performing in Canada after weeks of rigorous rehearsal with the Springboard project, Cole is happy to be dancing in Chicago. Cole joined DanceWorks Chicago in July 2014.