Welcome to The Bhangra Collective - Indian Arts Academy
Our Vision
We are on a mission to pass on our Indian dance artform, our culture, our traditions, apna virsa! Whether young, or old, experienced or not, DANCE brings everyone together as one! We truly value our passion for dance and want to be able to share it with a dance school for as many as we can! We look forward to working with Kamloops to bring you a one of a kind Indian performing arts academy!
Coming soon: Meet the faces behind The Bhangra Collective
Tamara Francis-Perry & Shivanshu Verma
With 30 years of dance experience, Tamara started her career with Bollywood dance, after a few years, she branched into the Bhangra scene. In her early teens, Tamara's elder sister co founded Duniya Dance Academy in Surrey BC. Tamara began teaching Indian dance to young children and teens, all while also being a student herself. Tamara then moved onto competitive Bhangra with their team Duniya Allstars, who competed all over North America. After moving to Kamloops in 2012 Tamara began coaching and choreography for the TRU Bhangra team, where she met Shivanshu!