Brooke Terry (she/her) is a dance artist, choreographer, and movement investigator. Native to Saint Louis, Missouri, she began her dance journey at 3 years old, and at the age of 10 shifted toward the pursuit of a more serious pre-professional dance education at the Center of Creative Arts Saint Louis (COCA).
In May of 2022, Brooke graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA program at Dominican University of California, where she completed a Psychology Minor, an Honors Program Certificate, and earned Departmental Honors. Through four years of training in the Bay Area, she has graciously studied with Marina Hotchkiss, Gregory Dawson, Maurya Kerr, Christian Burns, Brett Conway, Carmen Rozestraten, Kara Davis, and James Graham. Her training at LINES has allowed her to perform works by Sidra Bell, Dexandro “D” Montalvo, Nick Korkos, and many others. While in the program she also presented her choreographic thesis project, stone2dust, with mentorship from Kara Davis. Brooke has spent summers training at The Alvin Ailey School, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Kansas City Ballet, and at her home base dance organization, COCA, under the direction of Antonio and Kirven Douthit-Boyd.
Brooke is jump-starting her post-graduate professional dance career with dawsondancesf, REYES Dance, and Xochipilli Dance Company, while joining the TEENS at LINES program faculty in the Fall of 2022. She aims to continue sharing her experiences as a young Black individual navigating the world of today through dance, joy, and gratitude.