Rohan Bhargava

2024 Fellow, NYU Artist Development Program for Dance

Rohan Bhargava: (BFA in Dance Tisch 2015) Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Rohan Bhargava began dancing at The Danceworx Academy for the Performing Arts, where he went on to serve as a performer, choreographer, and educator. In 2012 he relocated to New York to study dance at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. Bhargava founded Rovaco Dance Company in 2015 and has presented work for The Dance Gallery Festival, Mare Nostrum Elements, Making Moves Dance Festival, Little Island NYC, and Rhythmically Speaking Dance. In 2019, he completed a residency through the CUNY Dance Initiative at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, and he was awarded the 2020 Jadin Wong Fellowship in Dance, through the Asian American Arts Alliance. In 2021, Rovaco Dance Company was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch.” 

Rovaco is a recipient of the Dance Advancement Fund 2022-23 award by Dance/NYC, and Bhargava currently works for Kizuna Dance, Notes in Motion Outreach Dance Theater, Studio Susan Marshal, and Mare Nostrum Elements.