Biography
Ariane Malia Reinhart is a native Manhattanite and earned her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. As a New York based actor/singer/dancer she has many stage/film credits with lead roles in independent films including: Inspired (Garden State Film Festival), Mr. Reilly (Manhattan Film Festival), Before I Wake. TV Credits include Evil Lives Here & Diabolical (Discovery ID) & Mysteries of the Castle (Travel Channel). Theatre credits include Rabbit Hole, The Last Five Years; Sweeney Todd; The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, HMS Pinafore, and the Off-Broadway production Babette’s Feast…
Solo work has been created for her by directors as diverse as Martha Clarke (Signature Theatre, etc.), Doug Varone (Manhattan Theatre Club, etc.) and Shen Wei (2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony Dir/Choreographer). She has had the privilege of working with Marni Nixon, Elaine Stritch, Eartha Kitt, Bebe Neuwirth, Sandy Duncan and others.
Ariane is a successful voice, acting and dance audition coach and helps students market and develop their brands. In all of these mediums Ariane guides students into finding their full-body resonance physically and emotionally. She is a certified GYROKINESIS® Apprentice Trainer and is on her way to full certification. She is on faculty at The Joffrey Ballet school and has taught at The American Dance Festival, Peridance-NY and privately.
Ms Reinhart’s career as an Arts Administrator began in the womb - following in the footsteps of her parents, Charles and the late Stephanie Reinhart - Co-Directors of Dance & Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington and The American Dance Festival (“the world’s greatest dance festival” - The New York Times). She has worked for The Paul Taylor Dance Company (a former member of their Board of Directors), Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Joffrey Ballet, Hunter College, personal assistant to the late Marni Nixon, and as a private event planner.
Ms. Reinhart lives in Jackson Heights, New York with her husband, Grammy® winning jazz musician, Laurence Hobgood.