Shubanjali School Of Performing Arts

Guru Suba Ramesh Parmar

Guru Suba Parmar, Founder, Shubanjali School of Performing Arts (1992), is a highly sought-after dancer, teacher and choreographer in the NJ area and a proponent of the vintage Pandanallur style of Bharatanatyam. She is the direct disciple of Kalaimamani Guru Indra Rajan and Pandanallur Srinivasa Pillai, both acclaimed doyens of this respected tradition. Guru Suba is recognized as a pioneer in the arts community and her original artistic creations have received rave reviews from critics and connoisseurs. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards including the US Presidential Scholar’s “Most Influential Teacher Award” presented by the Obama Administration through the Young Arts Fellowship. The coveted “Balasaraswati Award of Excellence” by Muthamizh Peravai, in Chennai, India in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the promotion of Arts in the US. “New Jersey Naatya Kalanidhi” award presented by the Krishna Vrundavana Temple, NJ and the most recent “Lifetime Achievement Award” by Spandana, NJ. She is also “Indian Raga’s” distinguished teacher of the Indian Raga Fellow.

She is the recipient of various grants from Union County Cultural and Heritage Affairs and NJ Arts Council. Over the years, Guru Suba Parmar has evolved a rigorous methodology that inspires students to develop a thorough understanding of this fine art. The school has won many laurels in competition nationally and has created promising dancers who are pretty well acclaimed in the professional scene.  Shubanjali’s laurels extend beyond teaching, and the organization has received rave reviews for its exemplary original dance productions, including ‘Santa N’ Shiva,’ Rendezvous with Shubanjali’, ‘Splash the Wonder,’ ‘Tales of Krishna,’ ‘Chauladevi,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ ‘Lured by the Myths’, ‘Oneness’, ‘Tribute to the Legends’, ‘Tattva Tapas Tejas”, the 25th anniversary spectacular – TATHASTU, among many others. Guru Suba has been regularly performing for the Sivananda Organizations world-wide for over 28 Years in US, Canada, Bahamas, South America and Europe. She is an excellent storyteller and through the medium of Indian classical dance, brings to life the philosophy and stories from Mythology making them understandable to global audiences. This year Guru Suba Parmar had a milestone accomplishment of one hundredth arangetram, a testimony to her dedication and love for this art form.

 


Guru Swamimalai K. Suresh

Guru Swamimalai K. Suresh, Director of Samarpana Academy of Fine Arts, Chennai & Co-Artistic Director, Shubanjali, NJ, hails from a traditional family of nattuvanars and musicians. His father and guru Pandanallur P.V. Kalidas is a renowned Nagaswara vidwan, of the Pandanallur lineage. His great grand father Pandanallur
Guruswamy Pillai was an Ashtavadani. Guru Suresh is the fifth generation artist from his family. He is the grand nephew and disciple of veteran Guru Swamimalai S.K. Rajarathnam under whom he
mastered bharatanatyam, vocal and nattuvangam. He is also a senior disciple of violin maestro Shri. Lalgudi G. Jayaraman.
 

Guru Suresh is an accomplished dancer, singer, choreographer and nattuvanar and is the recipient of several awards, including Kanchi Kamakotipeetam Astana Vidwan Title from Kanchi Shankaracharyar, Ustad Bismillah Khan, YUVA PURASKAR from Sangeet Natak Academy, Natya Sangeetha Kala Bharathi from Bharat Kalachar, Chennai and the most recent “Service Award” from Spandana, NJ