Arielle was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in London, UK. She trained at the Hammond School, Chester and went on to complete a degree at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. She is an Olivier Award award-winning choreographer who crosses dance theatre and film. Her Olivier was awarded for her creation Jolly Folly for English National Ballet. She has since been celebrated in The Stage 25 list as one of 25 individuals to become the future stars of the UK theatre industry, having also been named on The Guardian’s ones to watch for 2022. In 2022 she won the National Dance Award for Emerging Artist.
Arielle’s theatre credits include Carmen for San Francisco Ballet; Five Dances for London City Ballet; Unexpected Twist
(Northampton/UK Tour); Orfeo (Garsington Opera); Jack and the Beanstalk (Lyric Hammersmith); and Blackmail (Mercury
Theatre), directed by Anthony Banks. She has a number of classical commissions and theatre projects in development.
She has choreographed for some of the largest ballet companies around the world, including Birmingham Royal Ballet and the
Royal Ballet and Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures where she was Associate Choreographer on his Romeo & Juliet. Other credits include Lots.Of.Varied.Expectations and Mañana Iguana. Alongside Aaron S. Watkin, she has choreographed English National Ballet’s new Nutcracker in 2024.
