Ayla O’Day was born in New York City and began her ballet training at the age of 2 at Ballet Academy East. She continued her training in South Carolina at Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet School and at the Conservatory of Dance at the University of South Carolina under Stacey Calvert. She moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania to continue her ballet training with Marcia Dale Weary at Central Pennsylvania Ballet at the age of 13. In 2016, O’Day attended the Boston Ballet School summer intensive and received a traineeship with Boston Ballet for the 2016-2017 season. She spent two years as a trainee at Boston Ballet before joining Carolina Ballet as a trainee in 2018. O’Day joined the Corps de Ballet of Carolina Ballet in 2019 and was promoted to soloist in August of 2022.
