About ABC a Bollywood Company

ABC a bollywood company is a Belgian Indian dance company founded and led by Swapnil Dagliya, based in Ghent. We perform Bollywood, Bhangra, Garba, Lavani, and Indian folk dance — on stage for festivals, weddings, corporate events, and theatres across Belgium and Europe.

Alongside performances, we teach Indian dance through weekly classes at Shoonya Dance Centre and workshops for all levels. Swapnil has been teaching and performing Indian dance since 2008 — building ABC into one of Belgium's most active Indian dance companies, with more than 40 performances since 2016.

Meet the Team

  • A person dancing joyfully wearing colorful, traditional attire with intricate patterns.

    Swapnil Dagliya

  • Women dancing in colorful traditional Indian dresses, performing a cultural dance.

    Narcisse Merlier

  • Woman in colorful traditional Indian attire during outdoor festival

    Sara Van Holm

  • Person wearing colorful traditional Indian attire, performing a dance with an arm raised and smiling, against a dark background.

    Svetlana Bubnova

  • A woman in colorful traditional clothing dancing at a festival.

    Chiara Bisinelli

  • Woman dancing in traditional colorful attire at a cultural event.

    Kaushika Kumar

  • A woman in colorful traditional attire participating in a cultural dance, surrounded by a group of people in an outdoor setting, all engaging in the activity. She has her hands positioned in a prayer-like gesture.

    Laurien De Ridder

  • A woman in colorful traditional Indian attire, wearing jewelry and smiling during a dance performance.

    Khushboo Agarwal

  • People dancing at an outdoor event, wearing colorful traditional costumes. A woman in the foreground is smiling and raising her arm. The stage in the background has lights and a canopy.

    Shreya Vaidya

  • Woman in colorful traditional Indian attire dancing at a cultural festival.

    Roshni Tela

  • A woman in traditional Indian attire performing a dance on stage.

    Haike Bourgeois

  • A woman in traditional Indian attire dancing on stage, wearing a black and gold top, a red dupatta, and a long green skirt, with a joyful expression.

    Siddhy Ganesh Shetty

  • A woman in traditional Indian attire dancing with two other women also in traditional dress, on a stage with a dark background.

    Srimahavalli Thiyagarajan

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A person wearing colorful, traditional Indian attire, including a vibrant, embroidered, and patterned outfit adorned with decorative elements, seems to be dancing joyfully in an outdoor setting.

Swapnil Dagliya, originally from Pune, India, is an IT engineer by education who has graduated in contemporary dance and Ballet from the Broadway Dance Center in New York City and Opus Ballet in Florence, Italy.

He founded his own dance school, SPACE (Swapnil’s Performing Arts & Contemporary Ensemble), in 2008 and ran it for ten years. During this time, he also served as the director and curator of AVAYAVA, a contemporary dance festival in India. He taught dance and theory at two universities in India, Lalit Kala Kendra - University of Pune and Flame University. Swapnil’s strength lies in choreographing performances, ranging from a few dancers to very large groups.

Swapnil holds a diploma in Indian folk dance and has trained in different styles including but not limited to Ghoomar, Chari, Tera Taali, Ghantu & Khoriya. He has been teaching Bhangra, a vibrant dance style, for six years and has recently started loving and teaching the folk dance - Garba.

Today, he is the artistic director and co-founder of the Shoonya Dance Centre. In 2017, he founded a Bollywood Dance Company, ABC (a Bollywood company), in Ghent. He is also the curator of the Gent India Dans Festival, a celebration of Indian dance and culture in the heart of Europe, bringing together people from all around the world and spreading the love for Indian dance.

All pictures of this page by: Stijn Dejonckheere & Joëlle Verbeeck