National Academy of Performing Arts

National Academy of Performing Arts
قومی اکادمی براۓ فنونِ موسیقی و بازیگری
Type	Public art school
Established	2005
Location	Karachi, Pakistan
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Semi Government
Website	www.napa.org.pk

The National Academy of Performing Arts (Urdu: قومی اکادمی براۓ فنونِ موسیقی و بازیگری; abbreviated as NAPA) is a performing arts school located at Hindu Gymkhana in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. NAPA was established in 2005 as an institution to conserve and teach performing arts and music.^[1]

Departments

Music: At NAPA, the students of music 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.^[2]
Theatres 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.^[2]

Make up: NAPA has also introduced lessons in Make up.

Faculty

Chairman

Zia Mohyeddin was the founding Chairman of NAPA.^[1] He was asked by Pervez Musharraf, then the President of Pakistan, to establish and lead a national institution for arts and music. Besides being the founder and former chairman of NAPA, he had impeccable credentials. Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he spent a lifetime dedicated to the theatre, films and television, appearing in many local and foreign productions. He had also performed in numerous Broadway and West End plays. He also produced and directed extensively.

Notable teachers

Arshad Mehmood, Director Programmes and Administration.^[1]

Talat Hussain^[1]
Rahat Kazmi^[1]
Khalid Ahmed (acting teacher)^[3]
Nafees Ahmad (sitar teacher)^[4]
Bashir Khan (tabla teacher)^[4]^[3]
Salamat Hussain (Flute Teacher)
Arsalan Pareyal (Guitar Teacher)
Shehzad Ghias Shaikh

Alumni

Paras Masroor 1st batch theatre arts
Ahsan Bari 1st batch music
Arsalan Pareyal 4th batch music
Rabab Hashim 1st batch theatre arts
Ali Rizvi 1st batch theater arts
Saqib Khan 1st batch theater arts
Fawad khan 1st batch theater arts
Mohsin Ali Shah 1st batch theater arts
Uroosa Siddiqui 1st batch theater arts

Relocation

In December 2018, The Supreme Court of Pakistan had directed the Sindh government to shift NAPA to another location from this Hindu Gymkhana building but, as of 11 February 2020, compliance to this directive could not be made and NAPA was still functioning there.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Haneen Rafi (6 February 2015). "NAPA celebrates 10th founding anniversary". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 7 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b 5 reasons to attend NAPA International Theatre and Music Festival 2017 Dawn (newspaper), Published 15 March 2017, Retrieved 7 February 2018
^ ^a ^b NAPA inaugurates new Basement Playhouse The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 31 January 2017, Retrieved 7 February 2018
^ ^a ^b NAPA music festival gets under way Dawn (newspaper), Updated 27 February 2015, Retrieved 7 February 2018
^ Imdad Soomro (11 February 2020). "Sindh government willing to shift National Academy of Performing Arts". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 17 August 2020.