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National Academy of Performing Arts
The National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
NAPA was established as an institution to conserve and teach performing arts and music to students in Pakistan.
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NAPA
The National Academy of Performing Arts is situated on M. R. Kiyani Road opposite the Arts Council in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was constructed in 1925 on a plot of land measuring 47,000 sq. yds. The Seth Ramgopal Goverdhandas Mohatta Hindu Gymkhana was the first public building in which the "Indian" style of architecture rather than the commonly used European style was used by its architect Mr. Agha Ahmed Hussain. The stones, for its two feet thick walls, were brought from Bajapur. Its cupolas and balustrades and its scale are directly influenced and derived from the Mughal-Hindu mixed style which characterizes Akbar's Fatehpur Sikri. It is perhaps the only example of its type left in Karachi. With its carved cupolas and the miniaturized magnificence of a Rajasthani palace, the Gymkhana has almost been dwarfed into invisibility by indiscreet development. The building's condition has deteriorated over the years and was going to be demolished in 1984. This was prevented by an intervention by the Heritage Foundation Pakistan.
Faculty
Chairman
Zia Moheuddin is the Chairman of NAPA. He was asked by the President of Pakistan to establish and lead a national institution for arts and music. Besides being the founder and chairman of NAPA, he has impeccable credentials. Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he has spent a lifetime dedicated to the theatre, films and television. He has also performed in numerous Broadway and West End plays. He has also produced and directed extensively.
Notable Teachers & Alumni
Besides him, NAPA has some of the most well known theatre icons and teacher-performances in Asia, including:
- Talat Hussain
- Rahat Kazmi
- Arshad Mahmud
- Khalid Ahmed
- Dr. Enver Sajjad
- Zain Ahmed
- Anjum Ayaz
- Akbar Islam
- Uzma Sabeen
- Kamal Uddin (visiting faculty - Make up)
- Nafees Ahmed
- Afaq Adnan
- Salamat Ali
- Ustad Bashir Khan
- Sajid Ali
- Ahsan Shabir
- Fawad Siddiqui (visiting faculty - Improvisational Acting)
- Qamar Allahditta (Guitar Master Specialist)
Academic profile
- Music
- At NAPA, the students of music will derive benefit from being taught by a faculty consisting of practicing musicians, musicologists and visiting maestros. They will also have the opportunity to enrich their repertoire of compositions and styles by tutelage under many teachers. read more
- Theatre Arts
- The Theatre Arts department will offer students academic courses in all aspects of the theatre as well as practical exploration and the opportunity to present their work before an audience.
- Dancing
- NAPA introduces lessons in classical dancing (Odissi).
- Make up
- NAPA introduces lessons in Make up.
See also
- Heritage Foundation Pakistan
- The Hindu Gymkhana
External links
Categories:- Arts in Pakistan
- Buildings and structures in Karachi
- Universities in Karachi
- Dance schools in Pakistan
- Music schools in Pakistan
- Art schools in Pakistan
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