NEW JERSEY: On Saturday, June 14, the Shubanjali School of Performing Arts will present its new theatrical dance production "Roopa Viroopa," an Indian adaptation of Beauty & the Beast.

The school's artistic director and choreographer Suba Ramesh Parmar will lead over 70 of her students in an innovative and engaging performance composed of Indian classical and folk dance traditions.

The lead characters in "Roopa Viroopa" include Suba Ramesh Parmar, Monalisa Dhobley, Sharbari Bose, Aditi Khatri, Anuradha Renganathan, Chitra Ramaswamy, Ragaranjani Gunnia, Marichandra Ramaswamy, Sumana Ramkarishnan, Dhanya Chandramohan, Minal Patel, and Madhumita Parmar. Sanjay and Shama, a husband and wife dance duo from Bangalore, India, created the music and concept.

Funding for has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, through a grant administered by the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs.

The show will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Terrill Middle School Auditorium located at1301 Terrill Road, Scotch Plains, NJ. Shubanjali, founded in 1992 by Bharatanatyam dancer Suba Ramesh Parmar, is a New Jersey based dance organization with exemplary performing and teaching standards.