Swapnil
Dagliya

OvertureEverything is choreography

Swapnil Dagliya · Indian folk dancer · generous host

Everything is Choreography

Swapnil mid-jump dancing Bhangra with colourful flags

I teach, I perform, I choreograph — in studios, on stages, in city squares.
The job never changes: get the room moving together.
Bring me to your stage

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What did you come for?

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Weekly · Ghent

Learn with me, weekly

Come train at Shoonya Dance Centre — most weeks, most forms.

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Learn with me, weeklyShoonya Dance Centre · Ghent Catch me liveFestivals, squares, stages Invite me to teach60 minutes to five days Book a performanceOr commission choreography Stay for dinnerCookwithswapke, obviously Just say helloThe form adapts to you

The Body — who Swapnil is

Act I · The Body

Pune raised me.Folk first — rhythm as a family language.

Ghent gave me a floor.And enough curious feet to fill it.

Now I make rooms move.Dancer, teacher, choreographer — same body.

Co-founder & artistic director of Shoonya Dance Centre — the floor Ghent gave me.

Programme notes · how I got here

Two decades,
four cities.

Pune gave me my first counts. New York and Florence sharpened them — Broadway Dance Center, then Opus Ballet on a scholarship. Back home I ran SPACE, my own studio, for ten years, and directed Avayava for six editions. Ghent’s been home since 2015 — folk first these days, and still wearing every hat that fits.

Ten-form Indian folk diploma Kathak · in training since 2020 Certified yoga teacher
  1. Shiamak Davar’s Institute, Punefirst training, twice medalled
  2. Broadway Dance Center, NYC & Opus Ballet, Florenceon scholarship
  3. SPACE, Punemy studio; started with seven students, ran a decade
  4. Avayava, Punefounder & artistic director, six international editions
  5. International Dance Retreatco-founder · Auroville & Udaipur
  6. University of Pune & FLAME Universitytaught contemporary dance
  7. Shoonya Dance Centre, Ghentco-founder & artistic director
  8. ABC — a bollywood companyfounder & artistic director
  9. Gent India Dans Festivalartistic director
  10. The Four Lovesborn in Pune 2011, reborn with ABC in Ghent

Five, six, seven, eight — again! Beautiful — one more time.

Act II · The Practice · every week

Come train
with me.

I co-founded Shoonya Dance Centre and lead its artistic programme. Most weeks you will find me in the studio saying “again” — with love, and with counts.

Swapnil Dagliya smiling in a blue Indian dance costume
Artistic director. Co-founder.
Frequently saying “yes, no, maybe?!”
Call sheet · September 2026 · nine classes a week Shoonya Dance Centre · Stapelplein 41 · Ghent

Open level — no experience needed. Start here. · Level 2 classes have a 4-week Starter Series for new dancers.

First time? Nobody is watching you — they are all busy counting.
Street shoes off, stand wherever you like. By the second chorus you will have drifted forward anyway. leave humming 5-6-7-8

Full timetable

Act III · The Invitation · for schools, festivals, teams & anyone with a floor

Invite me to teach.

01

Bollywood
Bollyfolk

Film-dance joy with folk flavour — thumkas, mudras, and a room that forgets to be shy.

Open level · advanced masterclass possible
02

Semi-
classical

Kathak vocabulary: footwork, hands, rhythm and chakkars, pulled along by irresistible music.

Best with some Indian dance experience
03

Bhangra

Punjab folk energy — shoulders, stamina, bounce, and a very direct route to happiness.

Open level · kids 9+ possible
04

Garba +
folk dances

Garba, Ghoomar, Kalbeliya, Lavani, Khoriya, Dalkhai, Ghantu — with lecture-demos when the room wants the story too.

Culture, rhythm, community, context
05

Indian
contemporary

Floorwork and flow meeting Indian rhythms, gesture, Kathak patterns and phrase work.

For trained dancers
06

Yoga +
flow

Hatha, vinyasa, breath and pranayama — with enough kindness for every nervous system in the room.

Open level
Swapnil raised above a large outdoor crowd, arms wide, hundreds of people dancing with him

A public square, not a studio. Same job either way.

Twelve cities, six countries, since 2024. Amsterdam · Antwerp · Berlin · Brussels · Eindhoven · Frankfurt · Ghent · Lille · Montpellier · Paris · Prague · Rome

Act IV · The Stage · press play

The still version
is lying.

Give me a stage, a square or a sangeet — I’ll bring the performance, or build the piece from scratch. This is four minutes of repertoire in under a minute.

REEL 01 / 04 Bollywood folkRajvaadi OdhniABC — a bollywood company
Rajvaadi Odhni — ABC company piece
Rajvaadi Odhni · ABC
Tippani — folk dance of Gujarat
Tippani · Gujarat
Kalbeliya — Rajasthani folk dance
Kalbeliya · Rajasthan
Hojagiri — folk dance of Tripura
Hojagiri · Tripura
Ghoomar — Rajasthani folk dance
Ghoomar · Rajasthan
Garba — leading the crowd, Gujarati folk
Garba · Gujarat
Full pieces · @Swapkebolly ↗ Book the moving version ↓

Interlude · dates & places

Next places to
accidentally find me.

Now boarding · 2026–27

Interval · the snack barHouse lights up · 20 minutes

Interval · the snack bar

Sometimes I cook for the whole room.

Cookwithswapke isn’t a business — it’s how I end a rehearsal, and how I look after the people who show up to my events. Vegetarian, generous, and proof that a room moves better once the belly is full.

Come hungry
A complete vegetarian thali
the full thali

pick a plate

Curtain call · no vague “contact us” box

What brings
you here?

Pick a door. I’ll only ask for the useful bits.
Choose your doorway. The form re-choreographs itself around your answer.
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