Born in Uruguay, Bettina Szabo is a dancer and choreographer living in Montreal since 2007. She studied with Hebe Rosa in Montevideo (Uruguay), and Rami Be’er at Ga’aton (Israel). She graduated from the EDCM in 2013 in Dance and obtained her BFA Choreography at Concordia University in 2017 (Montreal, Canada). She followed many workshops with renowned artists such as Marie Chouinard, Dave St Pierre, Hildegard De Vyust and Guy Cools.

As a dancer, she is interested in collaborative processes based on somatic explorations. She dances for the Ballet de Camara de Montevideo (2004-2007), the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (KCDC) (2010), the collective Interlope (2013-2014) for Jason Cutler (2019) and Paul Chambers (2021). She received many awards and bursaries both as a dancer and choreographer; Best show, Best choreography and Best performance for La Movida Joven in Montevideo given by the Ministry of culture and sports of Uruguay, Dance Journey from MASA and the KCDC. As a choreographer, she became a fellow of La DSLR in Quebec and the Royaumont Fundation. She has done residencies in renowned centers such as Circuit-Est, the MAI and the Diane Dufresne Cultural center in the province of Quebec as well as La Tabakalera in San Sebastian and La Briqueterie in Paris. Her work is supported by the Canada, Quebec, and Montreal Council of Arts.

Her interdisciplinary creations are marked by a profound collaboration with music and visual arts. She created Noir=+(2014), Sequelles (2016), Habitat (2020-2021), and is currently working on Cuña and Zeruki. Her work has been presented in Geneva, Lyon, Vienna, Montreal, Toronto, Mantes La Jolie, Ramallah and Bilbao. She is often invited to collaborate with musicians such as the Bakalari and Architekt ensemble and the composer Laurence Jobidon. 

Member of Diversité Artistique Montréal (DAM), and former member of the board of directors of the  Regroupement Québécois de la Danse, Bettina is an active militant for the cultural diversity inclusion in Montreal’s arts milieu.