Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
| 香港演藝學院 | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1984 |
| President |
Chief Executive of Hong Kong (Current officeholder: Leung Chun-ying) |
| Director | Adrian Walter |
| Undergraduates | 790 |
| Postgraduates | 141 |
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Other students
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1130 |
| Location | No. 1 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港演藝學院 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Hēunggóng yínngaih hohkyuhn |
| Jyutping | Hoeng1 gong2 jin2 ngai6 hok6 jyun6*2 |
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Chinese: 香港演藝學院) is a provider of tertiary education in Hong Kong. Located near the north coast of Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island, the main campus also functions as a venue for performances. Apart from the main campus in Wanchai, Bethanie, the site of the institution's Landmark Heritage Campus in Pokfulam, has housed the School of Film and Television since 2007.
The academy offers practice-based and professional diploma, advanced diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Chinese opera, dance, drama, film and television, music, and theatre and entertainment arts. Its educational policy reflects the cultural diversity of Hong Kong with an emphasis on Chinese and Western traditions and interdisciplinary learning.
Every year, the Academy enrols about 750 students for its full-time programmes and around 770 students for its Junior Music Programme and Gifted Young Dancer Programme. Furthermore, its extensive EXCEL (Extension and Continuing Education for Life) programme offers part-time personal enrichment courses and in-service professional training to nearly 8,000 students each year.
In early 1981 the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club informed Governor Murray MacLehose that it was willing to fund another project of a comparable scale to its recent major undertakings, which included the Ocean Park and the Jubilee Sports Centre. The government responded with a proposal to develop an academy for the performing arts. The academy would complement the performing arts spaces being opened across the territory by the Urban Council, and provide opportunities for creative youth just as the Jubilee Sports Centre was developed to serve young sportspeople.
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