From 1985 to 1991, he danced for a variety of choreographers in France and Italy, including Angelin Preljocaj, Régis Obadia, Daniel Larrieu, and Caterina Sagna.

[citation needed] In 2004, the Paris Opera commissioned from Bel a theatrical documentary about Véronique Doisneau, a dancer in their corps de ballet.

[citation needed] Since 2019, for ecological reasons, Bel and his company no longer travel by plane for creations and tours.

[citation needed] His work has been shown at Tate Modern, London; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; and MoMA, new York.

His work has been included in Performa, New York City, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, and Festival d'Avignon, as well as dOCUMENTA 13 (2012) in Kassel.