Bella Lewitzky founded the Lewitzky Dance Company in 1966 and was the artistic director for 34 years. She graduated from san Bernardino High School and also studied at SBVC for one year, from 1933-34. Lewitzky was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1994.

Bella Lewitzky is the founder and Artistic Director of the Lewitzky Dance Company and a legendary figure in American dance. The 1933 San Bernardino High School graduate was active in the Thespian Club and the Scholarship Society. Lewitzky studied one year, from 1933-34, at SBVC and then moved to Los Angeles. Her early training was with Lester Horton, with whom she later co-founded Dance Theater in Los Angeles. Lewitzky founded the Lewitzky Dance Company in 1966 and was its Artistic Director until its farewell gala in May 1997. After more than 30 years of running a dance company, it was time to seek new mountains to climb, she said. Lewitzky organized the School of Dance at California Institute of Arts in 1969 and was the school's dean until 1974. Lewitzky has received many awards, including honorary doctorates from California Institute of Arts in 1981, Occidental College in 1984, Otis Parsons College in 1989 and the Juilliard School of Music in 1993. She also has received Guggenheim and Andrew W. Mellon grants. Lewitzky has had a long relationship with the Idyllwild School of Music and Arts. Lewitzky received the National Medal of Arts for her contributions to the arts in the United States at a Washington D.C. ceremony in 1997. She was selected for the honor by President Bill Clinton. Lewitzky was inducted into the SBVC Alumni Hall of Fame in 1994.