Meet Ariana

Ariana Gonzalez has been dancing her whole life and is very excited to join the UPA team this year.  After graduating high school, Ariana went on to perform professionally as a dancer/aerialist onboard NCL and Celebrity Cruise lines. Some of her professional credits include “Footloose” (ensemble), “Alice in Wonderland Dreams” (Alice), “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Moth), and “Elements”(dancer/aerialist). She has always had a huge passion for choreography, and began choreographing her own competition solos at age 15.  She has won multiple choreography awards and hopes to continue with it professionally in the future. Ariana is working to get her personal training license as well, and believes strength alongside flexibility is a crucial component in a dancer’s training.