Chris Bell holds an MFA in Dance from Case Western Reserve University, a BS in Dance from Lamar University, and a separate BS in Geology from Lamar University. He is a choreographer, director, performer, and educator whose work seeks to transform everyday experiences into art, weaving humor, vulnerability, and reflection into choreography that resonates across communities and contexts. Bell currently creates with the feath3r theory (TF3T), the dance/theater/media company led by Raja Feather Kelly, and has danced and rehearsal directed for Mark Dendy, Gaspard Louis, and Eryc Taylor.

 

His choreography has been seen at Long Wharf Theater (She Loves Me, Jelly’s Last Jam), and as an associate he has contributed to Tartuffe (NYTW), Teeth (Playwrights Horizons & New World Stages), and Eighty-Sixed (Associate Director/Choreographer, Diversionary & 2nd Stage).

 

As a performer, Bell has appeared in TF3T’s Bunny Bunny (The Invisible Dog) and in projects across New York City including Death, Loneliness, and The Absolute Future of the Multiverse or how to cover the sun with mud  (NYU Skirball), Wednesday (NY Live Arts), The Kill One Race (Playwrights Horizons), The Met Gala, and Mute Swan (LaMaMa/CultureLab), a one “demi-god” show created in collaboration with Theater in Quarantine and written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George.

 

Deeply invested in arts education, Bell works in the Education Department at Roundabout Theatre Company, where his projects span curriculum development, teaching artist initiatives, and community engagement. As part of this work, he serves as an Artist-in-Residence with the New York Public Library system, extending Roundabout’s mission into public spaces. He also teaches with Marquis Studios and TADA! Youth Theater, fostering creativity and accessibility for young artists across New York City.

 

His company, chrisbelldances (CBD), has facilitated residencies at Colorado University Boulder, Lehigh University, and Case Western University, and has presented work internationally at the International Festival Avant Garde (Mérida, Mexico) and nationally at the Men in Dance Festival (Seattle), Ohio Dance Festival, and Luminaria Arts Festival.

 

In New York City, CBD has staged evening-length works at Dixon Place, Gibney Dance Center, Queens Theater, and Triskelion Arts. Based in Queens, CBD is an inaugural member of the Queensboro Dance Festival, championing accessible performance across the borough. Bell has choreographed for Rose Levine, Guinness World Record holder for oldest performing drag queen, and led CBD as the first dance company in residence at Cherry Grove Community House and Theater on Fire Island, America’s oldest continuously operating LGBTQIA+ summer theater.

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