Matthew McLaughlin (SUNY Purchase, Class of 2017) attended the prestigious Springboard Danse Montréal for the summer where he worked with Andrea Peña. Matthew was a 2015 National YoungArts finalist in dance. The National YoungArts Foundation is an application-based award program for rising dance talents providing them with performance opportunities and a network in their field. Matthew danced in Miami at the 2015 YoungArts performance gala. In 2018, he had the opportunity to perform in the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company’s 50th anniversary celebration. Matthew McLaughlin currently dances for Mark Morris Dance Group.