He is trained in Modern technique, Jazz, West African dance, and Ballet. In 1996, he became a founding member of CityDance Ensemble.  With CityDance, he choreographed and performed for the Early Arts Outreach program in Nebraska, Philadelphia and all over the Washington, DC area.  As a company member, he toured Russia, Lithuania, Poland and performed several times at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  In 2000, Reginald was invited to become an original member of Edgeworks Dance Theater.  With the company he has danced locally in the DC area as well as at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, and performed the critically acclaimed work “Cold Case” at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and at Jacob's Pillow.  He has also been on the faculty of and collaborated with Divine Dance Institute on two dance productions which were performed at the Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts:  "Bible Stories"  and "The Crimson Thread." 

Reginald continues to dance professionally with Edgeworks Dance Theater and Contradiction Dance: An Exchange Between Life and Dance.  Reginald has expanded artistically by emerging as a choreographer. His movement is gracefully athletic, strong and expressive.  His dances reflect and are inspired by human experience, physicality and a curiosity and passion for an eclectic mix of different forms and styles of movement.  

Reginald Cole/In Concert debuted in the Mason/Rhynes Production, "Black Expressions: On the Rise," at Dance Place in July 2008 and later performed a successful two-night run at the Patterson Theater for the Creative Alliance in Baltimore, MD following a well-received performance at the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) Conference in January 2009 in NYC.

(photo credit:  Enoch Chan, 2007)