Bella Stenvall

Bella Stenvall (she/her) is a queer, mixed Filipino movement artist based in the unceded homeland of the Lenape people (colonially known as Brooklyn, New York). She considers herself a life-long student of many movement practices. Bella is the cofounder of eMBody, a collective that revels in spaces where disciplines crossover, facilitating moments where different styles can learn from each other. Their work explores communal experiences of catharsis and celebration, ones that are participatory in nature and can exist anywhere from a proscenium stage to a park jam.

Bella received her B.A. in Dance at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is invested in movement art as a critical instrument for creative placemaking and has curated national and international panels about dancers' role in shaping public space. She is currently leading a dance and disability field study for the National Endowment for the Arts. Her creative practice centers this understanding of dance as a powerful tool for reimagining our intertwined personal, social, and political futures.