Payal’s Dance Academy (PDA) is one of India’s premium belly dance academy founded in 2008 by international performing artist, master teacher & Indian book of records holder, Payal Gupta. We host regular classes, workshops, events in major cities across the country with our talented team called Isadoras Muse. Owing to the pandemic, we are now hosting virtual classes which can be availed from any pa
rt of the world. We at PDA teach the classical and traditional form of belly dance, which is also know as Oriental Dance, aka Raqs Sharqi, along with its various popular middle eastern flavours. Our aim is to appreciate and practice an art form that is not a part of our culture through correct guidance and resources. PDA is over a decade old and boasts of over 10,000 students having enrolled for our classes since 2008. We also host a bi-annual international belly dance festival in India called Hypnosis, where international master teachers are invited and students from all across the country participate and perform and learn about belly dance. For those who are absolutely new to world of Oriental dance, popularly known as belly dance, PDA provides a systematic training and has an extensive format which helps our students to understand the culture and learn the art in it’s true essence. We believe in establishing a strong foundation for all our students and take extra care in guiding them throughout their journey with us.