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. After graduating from Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Billy continued his training at The Juilliard School. 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," choreographed by Mia Michaels. He is currently a member of Jose Navas' Company Flak (Montreal, QC). Having set works on ballet 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. Most recently, Billy and LDC have been commissioned to lead a residency in the spring of 2012 at Michigan State University.