Guru Suba Ramesh Parmar is the artistic director of Shubanjali School of Performing Arts, a pioneering non-profit art organization, celebrating its 25th year in 2017. The school’s mission is to encourage excellence in the practice of Bharatanatyam in the US and around the world. Shubanjali’s laurels extend beyond teaching and Guru Suba’s artistic creations have received rave reviews for her exemplary original dance productions including ‘Beauty and the Beast’, “Lured by the Myths”, “Tribute to the Legends”, “Tattva Tapas Tejas” among many others.

 

Shubanjali has won the Outstanding Dance School Award four years in a row, as awarded by the Hindu temple, Bridgewater at its Annual festival and has been the recipient of first place awards in competitions organized by FIA, UMBC, Zalak and Cleveland Aradhana.

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Guru Suba is the most sought after performer, teacher and choreographer in the USA for Indian classical and folk dance. She is the disciple of “Kalaimamani” Smt.Indira Rajan and Pandanallur Srinivasa Pillai . Deeply rooted in the Pandanallur style, she combines intricate nuances of Nritta (pure dance) and Abhinaya (expression) with natural ease making it understandable to the mainstream audience. Guru Suba’s greatest forte is her ability to bring out the maximum potential in spirit and skill from her dance students. Guru Suba is the recipient of many coveted awards including Tamil Nadu’s ‘Nattiya Tharagai’ (Star of Dance) and the most recent Dr.Balasaraswati Award, for excellence in dance and the US Presidential Scholar's Most Influential Teacher Award for 2015.

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