Raised in Victoria, B.C., Ariana’s formal training began at the Pacific Dance Center and continued through the Arts Umbrella Graduate Program. In addition to performing with Ballet Edmonton for six seasons under the artistic direction of Wen Wei Wang, Ariana has worked with several Vancouver-based companies including Inverso Productions, Vision Impure, Belle Spirale, Rachel Meyers, Wen Wei Dance, Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY and Ballet Vancouver. In 2023, she was honoured to receive the Edmonton Artist’s Trust Fund Award for her contributions to the Edmonton arts community. Alongside her work as a performing artist, she is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Health Sciences at Queen’s University, bringing a parallel curiosity to the body, care, and lived experience. Ariana now lives and dances as a guest on the traditional, unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples in Vancouver, B.C. She is deeply grateful to spend her life being continuously shaped by the people she works with and by the transformative power of movement itself.
