The Dancers
Macy Cook
For the Royal New Zealand Ballet, July 2020. Photo credit: Stephen A’Court. COPYRIGHT ©Stephen A’Court
Macy Cook – 2021 Friedlander Foundation Scholar
Macy Cook was born in Wellington. She trained at Chilton Ballet Academy pre-professionally and was a Scholar and Associate with the New Zealand School of Dance. At age 13 she won the Supreme A section of the Alana Haines Australasian Awards, gaining direct entry to the Youth American Grand Prix Finals in New York in 2018 and a San Francisco Ballet School Summer Intensive scholarship.
Macy was selected for the RNZB National Mentor Programme and completed an Internship with the RNZB in 2019, before joining Houston Ballet Academy’s Professional Program on a training scholarship. During this time she performed with Houston Ballet in Stanton Welch’s Nutcracker before returning to New Zealand to join the RNZB as a guest dancer for The Ryman Healthcare Season of The Sleeping Beauty.
Macy is one of two 2021 Friedlander Foundation Scholars.
