Dance Australia

Ariana Mazzeo

“... more importantly, I got back up and kept going.”

I BEGAN my training at the ripe old age of three at the prestigious ED5 International school in Sydney, and continued on there to complete my Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts in 2017. With the finest training in my back pocket, I went out into the real world, attending countless auditions and facing countless rejections.

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