A Bollywood CompanyGhent · Belgium
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Ghent is home · Europe is the dance floor

Thirteen dancers.One company.

A Belgian Indian dance company moving between Bollywood, Bhangra, Garba, Lavani, regional folk and semi-classical forms.

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ABC company dancers mid-Garba with Swapnil Dagliya at centre
ABC company · PC Michael Backaert

many forms. one company.

This is ABC

Not one dance.
On purpose.

ABC a bollywood company is at home at Shoonya Dance Centre in Ghent, and is led by Swapnil Dagliya. Since 2017, the company has performed more than 40 times across Europe—on theatre stages, at festivals, and at weddings and company events.

Indian dance is not one thing. Folk, Bollywood and semi-classical work each carry their own history. ABC moves between them deliberately rather than folding everything into a single act.

Everybody is welcome here. The form does not have to be watered down to include them.

01 · Roots

Context belongs in the work

Names, histories and movement languages matter. We share where the form comes from as well as how it moves.

02 · Craft

Joy is not the opposite of rigour

Colour and celebration sit beside technique, rehearsal and a respect for the specific dance form.

03 · Exchange

Ghent meets a wider scene

Touring, guest teaching and the festival connect a local company to artists and audiences across Europe.

The company today · thirteen dancers

The current
company.

Thirteen dancers bring different histories and movement backgrounds into one rehearsal process. Every one of them, mid-move.

Built here · moving everywhere

Founded 2017.Still rehearsing.

still becoming.

ABC founder and artistic director Swapnil Dagliya swirling a cobalt Kalbeliya skirt
Kalbeliya · PC Stijn Dejonckheere

Founder and artistic director

Swapnil
Dagliya.

Swapnil is from Pune. An IT engineer by training, he studied contemporary dance and ballet at Broadway Dance Center in New York and Opus Ballet in Florence. He has taught and performed Indian dance since 2008.

He holds a diploma in Indian folk dance and works across Ghoomar, Chari, Tera Taali, Ghantu, Khoriya, Bhangra and Garba, alongside Bollywood and semi-classical choreography.

In Ghent, he co-founded Shoonya Dance Centre, founded ABC in 2017 and began the Gent India Dans Festival in 2023.

Personal site: swapnil.dance.

Work with Swapnil and ABC ↗

A short history

One teacher
became a company.

ABC grew through teaching, public performances and the belief that Indian dance in Belgium needed both an open door and a serious stage.

2017ABC is founded in GhentCompany begins
2018Featured on Canvas TVBelgian television · Dans met Hanne
2023Gent India Dans Festival beginsFirst edition
2024The Four LovesFull-length production · watch the trailer↗ 2026SangamNew production · 7–8 Nov 2026 · Ghent↗
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