BELLA ROSE SILVA

Bella Silva is a dynamic and versatile artist from Southern California, best known for her excellence in the American art form of tap dance. As a founding member and principal dancer of the acclaimed Reverb Tap Company, she brings both technical precision and expressive depth to her performances. Dedicated to continual growth, Bella actively refines her craft, delves into the art form’s rich history, and shares her unique artistic voice through her work. Her performances honor the tradition of tap dance while celebrating individuality and authentic self-expression on stage.

Throughout her training, Bella has had the honor of studying with some of the most respected and influential tap artists in the industry, including Leah Silva, Karissa Royster, Leo Manzari, Sarah Reich, and Christy Hernandez.

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Her performance experience spans theater, television, and film. Career highlights include the “West Coast Desperados” music video (directed by Derek Hough and choreographed by Kelsey McCowan); The Nutcracker with American Ballet Theatre, starring Misty Copeland; L.A. County Holiday Celebration on PBS at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, and Legends: An Original Musical at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

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Bella also appeared as a featured dancer in the premiere of Kick In The Door, an original production by Leo Manzari, and has performed as a featured soloist with renowned jazz recording artist Brenna Whitaker. Additional credits include Siempre, Niños on Telemundo, a national Back-to-School commercial for Macy's, the Mattel Mattie Awards, international performances with Sarah Reich at the San Miguel Jazz Festival in Mexico, and appearances in Canada with Reverb Tap Company.

In 2024, Bella was recognized as a YoungArts Winner with Distinction in Dance- one of the highest honors for emerging artists in the United States, where she performed as a soloist during National YoungArts Week at the New World Center in Miami and joins other notable alumni such as Timothée Chalamet, Viola Davis and Jon Batiste. She was also named a Grand Prize Winner in Dance for the Los Angeles Music Center’s Spotlight program, joining notable alumni such as Misty Copeland, and performed as a featured soloist at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Bella is the recipient of the Laguna Dance Festival’s Young Artist Scholarship and was published in the Orange County Register as a 2025 Artist of the Year Finalist. In 2025, she became an alumna of the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow, one of the world’s foremost dance training programs, where she was selected as one of only 24 dancers globally and was fortunate to train closely with world-renowned artists such as Derick Grant, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Dominique Kelley, Sam Weber, Josette Wiggan, Lisa LaTouche, Heather Cornell, and Nicholas Van Young.

Bella is also passionate about teaching, acting, singing, musical theatre, business and law. She currently interns at a law office, is an active member of her high school’s DECA team- serving as VP of Career Development, and has competed on the school’s mock trial team. In the performing arts, Bella has served as Dance Captain for Yorba Linda Spotlight’s production of Anything Goes and has been a guest faculty member for the Orange County Tap Festival.