Graham Cole’s choreography has been commissioned by the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, the Cameron Art Museum, and Cirkus Project, a collaboration between the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Cirque du Soleil. He has performed in the US and internationally with Alison Chase/Performance, Eryc Taylor Dance, Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama, Greenville Civic Ballet, and Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company. His own works have been produced in New York City, North Carolina, and Portland, OR. 

Cole serves as the Executive Director of White Bird, a Portland, OR-based dance presenter and the sole dance-only presenter west of the Rocky Mountains, for which he programs annual seasons of contemporary dance featuring companies from around the world. In 2022, he was named one of Willamette Week’s “25 Influential Portlanders in the Arts”.  Graham holds Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Cole’s multidisciplinary creativity stems from his Rose City roots. The son of CoHo Productions co-founder Gary Cole, his upbringing within Portland's turn-of-the-century fringe theatre scene inspires him to create challenging, community-focused work. Cole's personal movement style, on display in Origami Night, features brisk, technically demanding footwork built upon his early training in Ballet and Irish Step Dancing at Oregon Ballet Theatre and the An Daire School of Irish Dance.

Cole founded Graham Cole/Performance in 2021 with the mission of producing memorable, ethical, and affordable performances at the intersection of dance and theatre. The organization prioritizes fair artist pay, working conditions, and hiring practices to create constructive performance opportunities for artists. Graham Cole/Performance is committed to giving back to audiences by providing low-cost, easily accessible tickets to its shows.