DANCER DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Brooke Jacobs
Born in Narrogin WA, Brooke began her training at the West Australian Conservatoire of Classical Ballet in Perth before moving to Melbourne to train at the Christine Walsh Dance Centre and The Australian Ballet School. Brooke has danced with the English National Ballet, Leipziger Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders and Zuricher Ballet before returning to Australia to dance with West Australian Ballet.
Her roles at West Australian Ballet have included leads in Giselle (2014), La Sylphide (2013) and Cinderella (2015); Juliet in Radio and Juliet (2015), Beauty in Beauty and the Beast (2016), and Jordan in The Great Gatsby (2017).
Since retiring as Principal dancer in 2019, Brooke has been a member of the Access & Outreach team at West Australian Ballet and earlier this year was appointed to Manager of Dancer Development. Brooke specifically manages and teaches for West Australian Ballet's Masterclass program in addition to delivering a multitude of educational programs and opportunities to ensure support for pre-professional and early career dancers through to dancers’ continued development and career progression beyond the stage.