Swati Bhise

Swati Bhise
Born	Mumbai, India,
Occupation	Bharatanatyam dancer, educator, producer, and promoter of the arts

Swati Bhise (née Gupte; born October 21, 1959) is a Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer, educator, producer, and promoter of the arts.

Swati is the first disciple of "Padma Vibhushan" Sonal Mansingh. Since her debut performance at the Center of Indian Classical Dances in New Delhi, she has performed extensively around the world at venues including the National Centre for the Performing Arts (India), Lincoln Center,Asia Society, Symphony Space, Metropolitan Museum of Art, SPIC MACAY, and the House of Soviet Culture, among others. Some of her more notable performances have been for the 40th anniversary of the United Nations General assembly, the unveiling of "Elsa Peretti and Paloma Picasso's new mesh designs for Tiffany & Co, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art for the opening of the South Asian Sculpture Wing. Swati also worked on the Indian choreography for Thomas Mann’s The Transposed Heads, adapted by Sidney Goldfarb and Julie Taymor. Swati was featured in a CBS documentary called 'Sacred Arts', as one of the foremost performers in her field.

Swati served as an artist in residence at the Brearley School, New York City from 1991-2006 and founded the non-profit Sanskriti Center for Indian arts in education for children and adolescents. She continues to teach for The Curriculum in Arts Program at Symphony Space and has been a Lincoln Center Institute repertory artist since 1996. She has also performed at hundreds of public and private schools, colleges, and universities across The United States including Columbia University, New York University, University of Texas at Austin, St. Mark’s School of Texas, The Dalton School, The Brearley School, The Chapin School, The School of Practical Philosophy, Brooklyn College, and Wesleyan University.