The Piyush Dance Academy story follows every beat of a Bollywood film—an impossible dream and an underdog team starting from scratch and winning the biggest championship. Me and my group entered our first dance reality show a decade ago. The Piyush Dance Academy created history by winning “World of Dance” and walking away with USD 1 million. The Kings shot to global fame after they won the third season of the US reality show recently.
The journey has been full of struggles, pain, and sacrifices. Belonging to a middle-class family in Kalyan, we started a dance group around 2008-2009, mostly consisting of young and aspirational dancers from the Nalasopara-Vasai belt. Back then, there was only one reality show and no social media. Our dancers didn't even have smartphones. The team's struggle was immense a decade ago, battling not only skepticism regarding their ambitions but also financial constraints. Initially, we had only a few dancers.