National Academy of Performing Arts (Pakistan)

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.

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.

Dancing 

NAPA offers lessons in classical dancing (Odissi).

Make up 

NAPA has also introduced lessons in Make up.

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Chairman

Zia Mohyeddin is the Chairman of NAPA. 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 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, appearing in many local and foreign productions. He has also performed in numerous Broadway and West End plays. He has also produced and directed extensively.

Notable teachers and alumni

Arshad Mahmud Director Programmes and Administration Besides Mohyeddin and Mahmud, NAPA has some of the most well known theatre icons and teacher-performances in Asia, including:

Talat Hussain

Rahat Kazmi

Khalid Ahmad

Nafees Ahmad

Bashir Khan

Salamat Hussain

Shehzad Ghias Shaikh