Arianne Putnam

Born in in Sydney's Northern Beaches, Arianne started dancing at the age of 6 at Ballet Academy Northside for Ballet and the Valerie Smith Stage School for Jazz, Tap and Musical Theatre. Arianne began dancing in competitions at the age of 9 and was featured twice in Sydney newspaper the Manly Daily for her work in the prestigious competition The City of Sydney Eisteddfod, once at the age of 11 and again later at the age of 16. At the age of 13 Arianne transitioned across to the Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy to continue her part-time classical training there. She traveled to America at the age of 12 to attend LA master classes and workshops and to perform at Disneyland and at many other locations. At age 15, Arianne made the decision to leave high school to join Tanya Pearson's full time classical program in the hopes of becoming a professional ballet dancer. She returned to America at the age of 16 and stopped off in NY to attend classes at Broadway Dance Centre. She performed a second time in Disneyland and this time around she had the opportunity to perform at California Adventure Park after it opened in 2001. After her classical training ceased a year later, Arianne began to look into schools to further her Jazz, Tap and Singing skills and was offered a place at ED5 International (formerly ED5 Performing Arts) whilst training there, she had the opportunity to perform at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, Sydney Dance Expo and at the Sydney Opera House. At just 17 years old, she was the youngest in her year to graduate with Certificate IV in Performing Arts of her year in 2005 and was the first graduate to sign a contract with theatrical talent agent Kermond Management and the second in her year to sign an agent period. She is still represented by Kermond today. In 2006 she was invited to audition for the Sands Casino in Macau as a Showgirl and was offered a position in the Glamour Girls cast- a burlesque style production. At just 18 years old, she relocated to Macau, located 45 minutes away from Hong Kong to start learning the performances. Once her contract in Macau ended in early 2007, Arianne returned to Sydney went to view a friends Brown Belt (3rd Que) Karate grading and commenced her Karate training alongside him immediately after that. She is now Brown Belt, is still training and attempting her 1st Tip (2nd Que) next. In 2008 Arianne decided to expand her skills again and enrolled in the Actions in Actions course at Screenwise directed by Denise Roberts to try her hand at Acting. In 2009 she took a year off performing to study Human Resources. She graduated with Distinction in Certificate IV Human Resource Management from NSW TAFE. Arianne auditioned for the 2 Year Intensive Course in late 2009. She was offered and accepted a position for the 2010 intake. Arianne has appeared in 3 short films for 2011. She has also completed some voice work for the Channel Nine telemovie- Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here and popular Australian drama, Home and Away. Due to her Fathers birth place, she has dual citizenship of the UK and Australia and also thanks to her father's interests, loves playing golf, going swimming and playing pool. Arianne is a gradate of the 2 year Intensive Course run by Screenwise Film and Television School and is looking forward to see what the future holds.