Arianne MacBean is a writer, educator, and Artistic Director of The Big Show Co. - an LA-based dance-theater group. She has presented work in San Francisco at ODC, and in Los Angeles at the Ford Theatres, Skirball Cultural Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, Hammer Museum, Highways Performance Space, and REDCAT. She danced for Meredith Monk, Tere O’Connor, Vic Marks, and Paul Taylor.

MacBean received the 2019-20 Semi Finalist MAP Fund Award, the 2018-19 Cultural Trailblazer Award and the 2016-17 Artist-in-Residence Grant from City of Los Angeles' Department of Cultural Affairs, as well as the 2016-17 & 2017-18 California Arts Council Veterans Initiative in the Arts grant. MacBean is known for her work with diverse populations and community-based performance initiatives, She also facilitates Memory Writing & Movement Workshops as part of the Women’s Empowerment Group at Casa Treatment Center - a facility for women in recovery from drug and alcohol misuse. She was the Director of the Dance Program at Oakwood Secondary School for eighteen years, and is now Adjunct Faculty at Glendale Community College. MacBean is a Certified Yoga Instructor, and holds a BA in Dance from UCLA and Double MFA in Dance & Writing from California Institute of the Arts. She recently graduated with an MA in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and is currently an Associate Marriage & Family Therapist in Los Angeles, CA.