Name: Brooke McCarthy
Year: 2025
Major: School of Public and International Affairs
Hometown: Media, PA
Dance Background: Brooke began dancing at age nine, training in the styles of contemporary, lyrical, tap, and jazz. At age eleven, she decided to pursue ballet at the pre-professional level with the Academy of International Ballet. She competed in ballet competitions such as Youth American Grand Prix and World Ballet Art Competition. Brooke spent her summers training at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive in New York City and Moscow, Russia, and the Ellison Ballet Summer Intensive in New York City.
Favorite Ballet or Role: Don Quixote
Year: 2025
Major: School of Public and International Affairs
Hometown: Media, PA
Dance Background: Brooke began dancing at age nine, training in the styles of contemporary, lyrical, tap, and jazz. At age eleven, she decided to pursue ballet at the pre-professional level with the Academy of International Ballet. She competed in ballet competitions such as Youth American Grand Prix and World Ballet Art Competition. Brooke spent her summers training at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive in New York City and Moscow, Russia, and the Ellison Ballet Summer Intensive in New York City.
Favorite Ballet or Role: Don Quixote