About

Swati Chaturvedi

Founder. Teaching Artist. Author

My mission is to help organizations create vibrant, inclusive, and empowered communities through highly interactive workshops and classes for individuals of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. These fun and engaging programs foster joyful self-expression, cultural exploration, and intentional movement that promotes physical, emotional, and mental wellness.

Since 2009 my Bollywood dance inspired programs have touched 18,000 unique lives (and counting).

List of Collaborations & Partners
My Story

I was born and brought up primarily in India, along with 2 years each spent in Germany and Canada, before moving to USA in my early twenties. Having experienced cultural change many times over, and at times feeling like an outsider, I know firsthand the longing to connect meaningfully and to become part of a community.

I had grown up with exposure to India’s diverse classical and folk traditions of dance and music, along with a healthy dose of Bollywood movies. In 2009, I wanted to introduce my almost two-year old daughter to the music and dances from India. In addition to starting weekly dance classes, I envisioned bringing people together to inspire thriving, connected communities through Bollywood dance.
Thus, the Community Bollywood Dance Project was born.

The first community project in December 2009 celebrated individuals with special needs and their caregivers and the equine therapy staff, volunteers and horses, all participating in a choreographed Bollywood dance to my then two-year old daughter’s favorite Bollywood song, with a birthday shoutout. It was truly an inclusive project with individuals of all ages, abilities, background and four horses!

As a certified Yoga teacher, I take a Holistic approach to all my program offerings. Additionally, I strive for individuals to feel seen, valued, and joyfully connect with those around them.

Community Bollywood Dance Project is a celebration of life, one dance at a time!

As a two-time contributing-author to the “88+… ” and “88 More Ways Music Can Change Your Life” books, I have had the opportunity to share some of my Bollywood workshop experiences, including my work with ‘Royer Greaves School for the Blind’ during the Pandemic.