My name is Kristi Cole and I am a Berlin based multidisciplinary performer, choreographer, producer & filmmaker.

Kristi Cole (she/they) is a Berlin-Based performer, choreographer, artistic director, producer and filmmaker with a Bachelors of Arts in Dance and Political Science from The George Washington University (Honors, Magna Cum Laude, 2013) where she received the Elizabeth Burtner Theatre & Dance Award for her excellence as a performer, as well as a Luther Rice Research Fellowship.

She began her artistic career in New York City in 2013, working as a performer as well as presenting her own multidisciplinary performance projects over the past ten years. In 2019, she founded Kristi Cole & Guests with the mission of bringing together artists to create powerful and thought-provoking interdisciplinary work. Her work ranges from live performance for the stage and site specific installations, to movement based films and often utilizes cross-disciplinary dialogue. Her stage and film work has been presented in New York, New York, Jersey City, New Jersey, Atlanta, Georgia, Toronto, Canada and Berlin, Germany.  

Kristi was a 2020 New Work Grant recipient through the Queens Council on the Arts, resulting in an interdisciplinary Evening of Art & Performance, Value of Space, which Kristi co-curated, produced and presented. Kristi was selected as Artist-in-Residence (Cycle 2, 2021) through the Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation. Additionally, she was a recipient of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, May 2021. She served as an Art Commissioner with the Queens Council on the Arts Artist Commissioning Program 2021-2022, where she commissioned and supported the work of local Queens based dance and choreography projects. In 2022, Kristi was selected alongside their collaborator, Max Coker to attend the Everwood Farm Artist Residency to conduct artistic research for their new immersive multidisciplinary, performance art piece.

Her first fully self-directed, edited and choreographed dance film, Enantiodromia, premiered in November 2021 as part of a self-produced evening of Performance + Film in Woodside, Queens, featuring current and past collaborators ranging from Dance, Performance Art, Spoken Word and Video Work. The film has since been selected for multiple film festivals: Rogue Dancer Film Festival, Mignolo International Screendance Festival, Queens World Film Festival (Best Dance Film Nominee).   

As a performing artist, Kristi has worked with Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, Vicky Shick, Donofrio Dance Company, Lauren Beirne Dance Works, Brick by Brick Dance Projects, Amanda + James (Rehearsal Director), Spaces of Fontana, Lenka Vagnerova (Berlin), Michael Parmelee and M I C C A (rehearsal director, lead role).  Additionally she has collaborated with filmmaker and photographer, Shannon Finnell and Sound Composer/ Audio Visual artist, Max Coker. 

Kristi relocated to Berlin, Germany in 2023 to continue to pursuing her artistic career as a freelance multidisciplinary artist. Since arriving in Berlin, she has created a new work with collaborator, Madeline Robertson, which premiered as a work in progress at a self-produced evening of Performance. The work is still being further developed. In 2025, Kristi began developing a new performance salon in Berlin, called UNDER CURRENT, with the first iteration taking place in January 2026. In addition to producing and curating the event, Kristi premiered a new film and presented the works of two other Berlin-based artists. She looks forward to expanding the platform and to support the exciting and vibrant performance community in Berlin.

Our Mission

I believe that art is a social platform to examine the world. By posing critical questions to the obstacles we face as a society, my work seeks to resonate with audiences and spark meaningful conversations surrounding complicated issues. I believe that authentic storytelling is a way for us to experience collective healing and find a regenerative path forward during these trying times we find ourselves within. I strive to create an opportunity for the audience to attach their own experiences to the ones embodied, through performance, before them in an effort to highlight our common connections through our shared experiences of being human.

The main avenue of achieving this goal is through my company, Kristi Cole & Guests’, mission of creating powerful and thought-provoking interdisciplinary work. As an artist and director, I believe it is crucial to include a multitude of unique voices, as we all benefit from the experience of witnessing and listening to perspectives different than our own. In all of my projects, it is my desire to incorporate a multitude of perspectives so that the work has greater capacity to genuinely and authentically connect with diverse audiences.

How can the work encourage viewers to dive deeper into understanding what it means for them on a personal level? It is my vision that my work provides space for us, as a society and community, to come together and better understand the answers to the pressing issues of our times. May the work motivate us all to question the world around us. Perhaps we will even feel inspired to take action in a way that is meaningful to the greater community and has the potential to enrich the lives of everyone.

For more information on upcoming performances and events, check out the upcoming shows page!

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Past Events & Performances

VALUE OF SPACE

VALUE OF SPACE

Our first evening of Art & Performance, featuring works by Kristi Cole & Guests with special curation by Shannon Finnell is still live!

Check out the performance as well as the Virtual Gallery!

UNDER CURRENT

UNDER CURRENT is an informal art salon for Berlin-Based performance artists born out of a desire to create an accessible and approachable platform for performative works, at any stage of development, to be shared, witnessed and engaged with.

Volume I featured works by Kristi Cole, Sawako Ogo and Holly Sass

VOL II Happening 06.05.26

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Private Pilates

“Change happens through movement and movement heals.”

— Joseph Pilates

private sessions AND AT-HOME WORKOUTS

Whether you are new to Pilates or if you have a longstanding practice, private sessions are a wonderful way to deepen and enhance your practice.  I offer customized private and duet sessions. Each session is tailored to help you meet your individual goals.  Sessions may be done in your home (with or without equipment) or in a studio with Pilates equipment readily available. To book, please inquire via the Contact page. Thank you!

Weekly (Virtual) Group Mat Pilates Classes

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