Biba Bell : ORCHID PRELUDES

(World Premiere) Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI, June 11, 2024

Suspended in the cloud forests of the Anthropocene, three orchids persevere in ancient practices of mutuality, supporting harmony between the human and more-than-human worlds. As the planet accelerates towards inhabitability, their dance rides this current, engaging texture, scent, color, sound, and movement to create a diversion, and curve time towards a sustainable future. Orchid Preludes is a testament to the resiliency of life, offering a vision of hope amid the unknown.

Choreographer: Biba Bell 

Dancers: Biba Bell, Celia Benvenutti, Christopher Woolfolk 

Costume Designer: Andrew Jordan

Music: Time Preludes Book 1, Movements III and IV, Composed by William Duckworth, used with permission by Wise Music Group

Orchid Preludes Film (October, 2024)

Director: Oksana Mirzoyan

Executive Producer: Nellie Smydra

Director of Photography: Richie Trimble

Choreographer: Biba Bell 

Dancers: Biba Bell, Celia Benvenutti, Christopher Woolfolk 

Costume Designer: Andrew Jordan

Editor: Jack Chisik

Music Supervisor: Fabian Halabou

Music Performed by Justin Synder

Recorded and Mixed by David Schall 

Camera Operator: Jesse Barron

Camera Production Assistant: Mackenzie Ricker

Gaffer: Joe Vargo

Key Grip: Jon Gray

Makeup Artist: Sarah Bahlibi

Production Assistant: Natalie Ness

Set Photographer: Anastasia Klimovitz

Color and Title Design: Daniel Giles

Music: Time Preludes Book 1, Movements III and IV, Composed by William Duckworth, used with permission by Wise Music Group