Brooke Hyland

**Brooke Marie Hyland** (born January 30, 1998) is the eldest child of Randy and Kelly Hyland and is the older sister of Josh and Paige Hyland.

During her time on *Dance Moms*, Brooke was the oldest permanent dancer on the team. It was stated that, before the show, she was one of Abby's favorites. However as she got older, she started to lose interest in dance and Abby started to grow cold towards her.

Brooke and her family finally departed from the show after a physical altercation between Kelly and Abby in *Big Trouble in the Big Apple*. During the pyramid in the following episode, Abby revealed that the Hyland sisters had been dismissed from the team.

In 2016, Brooke graduated from Franklin Regional High School. She later went on to attend Ohio University as a business major and graduated in 2019 with degrees in Marketing and Management Information Systems.

## Other Information

* Her zodiac sign is an Aquarius.
* She has been dancing since the age of 2.
* Brooke is the oldest girl to ever permanently feature on the elite team in Season 1.
* Her solos were often not shown on *Dance Moms*, as she competed in an older age category from the rest of the dancers on the team.
* Brooke stated on multiple occasions that the show did not show her real personality and instead portrayed her as never laughing or smiling, as she was supposed to play a "grumpy teenager".
* Before leaving the show, Brooke said that she was closest to Maddie out of all the girls on the team.
* She is a fan of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins.
* Her favorite thing about dance was getting to spend time with her friends and beautiful costumes.
* When Brooke was younger, she broke her growth plate. This is why she is so short in height. (See more below)
* During the third season, Abby stated that Brooke and Paige were not part of her studio and only showed up to shoot the show.
* She got braces at some point during the third season of the show. Like Paige's, they were removed by early May 2014.
* Brooke had her first kiss when she was in 7th grade.
* When Brooke was younger, a golf cart ran over her foot and the doctors said she may not dance again. After she got surgery, she couldn't leave her house but the first day she could ended up being on the same day as a dance competition. She ended up winning the National title. She stated that this was her proudest moment. Abby appears to refer to the incident during a fight with Kelly at the end of *Night of the Living Dancers*, saying she was the first one in the hospital when Kelly's husband drove over her kid's foot and was in the room hugging her.
* During her time on the show, Brooke did not forget any of her solos onstage. However, she forgot part of the "Rosa Parks" group dance.
* Brooke's favorite color is Yellow.
* In April 2014, a mass stabbing incident, covered in the national and international news, occurred at her high school. Twenty-five were injured, with no fatalities.
* Brooke graduated from Ohio University in 2019 with degrees in Marketing and Management Information Systems.
* Upon graduating from college, in the summer of 2020, Brooke traveled around Europe with some of her fellow college friends.
* After traveling around Europe in the summer of 2020, Brooke moved to LA and has reconnected with all of the original Dance Moms team including Kendall.
* Brooke has become active in the entertainment world again doing things like interviews with Famous Birthdays, attending premieres & events, and posting on her YouTube Channel again.
* In 2021, she moved from California to Texas.