Amit Patel began his Bollywood dance training when he was 10-years-old with Mona Khan Company, now one of the biggest platforms for Bollywood dance in North America. He performed with Mona Khan’s dance troupe for more than a decade, before joining a contemporary dance company and experiencing an awakening.
Patel realized his palette of expression was restricted in Bollywood dance performances, in which he was often confined to traditional masculine roles. He started on a journey to explore movement and create spaces that allowed him to be unapologetically himself as an Indian American gay man.
