About Desi Beats
Desi Beats is a Wales-based dance company celebrating South Asian culture through high-energy performances, classes, workshops, and choreography. Blending traditional Desi dance styles with modern influences, we create joyful, inclusive experiences rooted in movement, wellbeing, and connection.
Our work goes beyond dance. Desi Beats exists to build confidence, create community, and offer a space where people can feel safe to be themselves. Every experience we deliver is designed to feel welcoming, empowering, and accessible, regardless of age, background, or experience.
Our Story
Dance has always been part of our founder’s life.
Growing up in Delhi, music and movement were woven into everyday moments, from family gatherings and weddings to quiet emotional moments at home. Bollywood films, music, and dance were not just entertainment, they were a language for expression, storytelling, and connection. Dance was how emotions were processed, shared, and celebrated.
After moving to the UK as a child, dance became a way of staying rooted to identity and culture. That connection deepened during teenage years spent training in India at the Shiamak Davar Institute for the Performing Arts, one of India’s most respected and influential dance institutions. Founded by Shiamak Davar, a pioneer of contemporary Bollywood dance, the institute is internationally recognised for training performers, choreographers, instructors, and professional dancers who go on to work across film, stage, television, and global live events.
Training there involved intensive work across multiple dance styles, including Bollywood, hip hop, street, jazz, ballet, and contemporary movement, alongside a strong focus on musicality, stage presence, and performance discipline. Selection into the Special Potential Batch meant preparing for showcases, large-scale performances, and professional pathways within the industry.
Life later shifted. Education, work, motherhood, and mental health challenges took priority, and dance fell quiet for a time. Confidence changed, the body changed, and the sense of self changed too.
Desi Beats began as a way back.
A single one-off class in Barry, shared without expectation, became a turning point. People showed up. Music played. Movement happened. And in that moment, nothing else mattered. Everyone was present, connected, and free to move without judgement.
That feeling became the foundation of Desi Beats.
Why We Exist
Desi Beats exists to offer something many people never had growing up: a non-competitive, non-judgemental space where movement feels safe, expressive, and joyful.
We believe you do not need to be perfect to dance. You do not need experience to belong. You do not need to fit a mould to take part.
Dance can be a form of fitness without pressure, performance with purpose, and expression without fear. It can be a way to reconnect with yourself, your culture, or simply the joy of moving to music.
We are proudly rooted in South Asian culture, but we are open to everyone. For some, Desi Beats is a place to reconnect with heritage. For others, it is a place to discover something new in a natural, welcoming way.
Our Values
Everything we do is guided by a few core principles.
We prioritise emotional safety. Our spaces are respectful, welcoming, and non-judgemental.
We believe in accessibility and inclusion. We meet people where they are and celebrate progress at every level.
We value knowledge and integrity. Dance and fitness are delivered with care, understanding, and responsibility.
We build community through shared experience and genuine connection.
Wellbeing sits quietly within everything we do. Mental health is not a marketing message, but something considered in how our spaces are designed and how people are supported.
Who Desi Beats Is For
Desi Beats is for anyone who wants to move, express themselves, and enjoy dance in a space that feels welcoming and judgement-free. Regardless of age, gender, background, experience, or identity, our aim is simple: to create a place where people can show up as they are, connect through movement, have fun, and feel part of something shared.
What Makes Desi Beats Different
Desi Beats brings together performance quality, cultural knowledge, and genuine care for people.
In our classes and workshops, we celebrate effort, confidence, and expression alongside technique. In our performances, we uphold high standards of choreography, musicality, costume, and stage presence, creating engaging and professional experiences that connect with audiences.
What people often notice first is the energy. The warmth. The sense that this is a space built on lived experience rather than pressure or comparison.
Desi Beats is not just a place to dance. It is a place to grow, connect, and express yourself fully through movement.
Looking Ahead
As Desi Beats grows, our vision is to become a true dance and culture hub.
We aim to create a platform for other dancers and artists to teach, train, and grow, while building a professional performance team rooted in our values. We want to offer a wider range of South Asian dance styles, develop community and mental health focused events, and work with organisations and charities to create meaningful impact.
Desi Beats is diaspora-led and culturally driven, but our focus remains universal: movement, expression, and joy.
This is a space built on experience, care, and love for dance.
And we are only just getting started.