Tuli Bera

Tuli Bera (she/they) is a Bengali-American movement artist. They draw from various styles of dance: Indian folk and classical forms, Classical (early teachers include Gwendolyn Lee and Deanna Doty) and Contemporary Ballet, Modern and Contemporary dance forms (Horton, Graham, Umufundalai, and more), Aerial Dance, and Improvisation.

Bera has collaborated and performed with various companies and individual artists, including: Ashwaty Chennat, Ayako Kato, Aerial Dance Chicago, Chris Knowlton, Cristal Sabbagh's Freedom From and Freedom To, Darling Squire, Erin Killmuray, Helen Lee, Ishti Collective, Laksha Dantran, Mandala Arts, Paul Gialorenzo, and Scott Rubin. Bera is also an independent dance-maker. Their work, “Bangali Meye” has seen many iterations that have been supported by and co-produced through Links Hall’s Co-Mission Residency, Pivot Arts Festival at the Edge Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company's LookOut Series (curated by Kara Brody and Amanda Maraist), APIDA Arts Festival at the MCA Chicago (curated by Helen Lee), and “Summit: Through Her Rise” teaching and performance symposium at University of Michigan.

Bera’s next iteration of “Bangali Meye” will premiere as part of Links Hall’s Co-Mission Fellowship in 2025. Beyond performance, they teach Ballet and Aerial Dance for all ages and are a past producer and current advisor for the J e l l o Performance Series, a platform for independent artists to share their choreographic work.