Biba Bell

Honorific

Dr.

Office Phone

313-577-3508

Primary E-mail

bibabell@wayne.edu

Biography

Biba Bell is a dancer, choreographer, and writer based in Detroit. Her choreographic work, often set in unconventional venues, focuses on domesticity, labor, and architecture. Her current project investigates dance and arts activism as it intersects forest protection and conservation, through the lens of what she theorizes as epiphytic choreographies. Bell’s work has been presented at the Kitchen, Movement Research, Roulette Intermedium, Jack NY, Centre Pompidou, Garage for Contemporary Culture, Jack Hanley Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Insel Hombroich, Matéria Gallery, Galerie Camille, amongst others. She has recently performed in several Detroit Opera productions directed by Yuval Sharon, and internationally has performed with Maria Hassabi and Walter Dundervill. She continues to be influenced by her work as a founding member of the performance collective Modern Garage Movement (2005-2011, 2021). Bell earned her PhD in Performance Studies from New York University and is an Associate Professor of Dance at Wayne State University. Of her dancing the New York Times writes ";It’s invigorating to watch someone who borders on wild."

Area of Expertise

Dance, Choreography, Performance Studies, Contemporary Performance, Site-specific Performance, Experimental Practice, Dance and Ecology, Dance in the Museum, Dance and/in Social Practice

Degrees and Certifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Performance Studies, New York University, 2015

Master of Arts in Performance Studies, New York University, 2007

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts emphasis in Dance, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1998