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Billy Bell and Jose Ruiz III in So You Think You Can Dance (2005)

Biography

Billy Bell

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  • Height
    5′ 8″ (1.73 m)

Mini bio

  • Billy Bell was born in raised in West Palm Beach, Florida. Billy has danced with Broadway's Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey in "Back to Back to Broadway," toured with Broadway arts as Baby John in West Side Story, and was on Season 6 and 7 of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance. He has trained at Alvin Ailey, Joffrey Jazz and Contemporary, and participated in Springboard Dance Montreal where he worked with Jose Navas and Nelly Van Bommel.

    After graduating from Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Billy continued his training at The Juilliard School where he has performed rep by Jose Limon, and Sidra Bell. He has worked in many different areas of dance, from dancing with Britney Spears in her "Hold It Against Me" video, to appearing on FOX's "HOUSE," in a scene choreographed by Mia Michaels.

    In 2011 he started as a demonstrator/faculty member on JUMP Dance Convention, Assistant Choreographer and Artist with Cherice Barton (New York, NY), and a member of Jose Navas' Company Flak (Montreal, QC). Having set works on contemporary companies from Los Angeles to New York, Billy is starting his transition from dancer to choreographer. A recent 2nd runner-up recipient of the 2011 Capezio A.C.E. award, Billy has set works on multiple professional companies including Westside Dance Project (Los Angeles, CA) and DeMa Dance (Brooklyn, NY). He is also the founder of two ensembles, the Dreyfoos Dance Ensemble (created in 2007) and Billy Bell's Lunge Dance Collective (2010) with which he is focusing his work currently. Billy and LDC have been commissioned to lead a residency in the spring of 2012 at Michigan State University and are gearing up for a 2012 New Creation to tour in the Summer of 2012.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Lunge Dance

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  • New York, NY: Started his own dance company called Lunge Dance Collective
  • New York, NY: Freelance Dancer and Choreographer.

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