India proudly treasures the rich heritage and culture which is unparalleled and incomparable to any in the world. Learning Performing Arts helps in developing creative skills, imagination, language, intelligence and communicative skills.
The Indian arts play a pivotal role and Performing Arts stands as testimony to the richness of this country’s cultural legacy. The Performing Arts, comprising of Music, Dance and Theater, are in demand as career choices, like never before. Under the able guidance of Dr. P. Shyama Raju who is a visionary and an art enthusiast, School of Performing Arts has been established at REVA University to create well-trained and talented artistes in their respective fields.
REVA School of Performing Arts and Indic Studies (SoPA & IS) offers unique, challenging Performing Arts programmes which prepares Artist for the future. The aim of these courses is to bring in a holistic view to the performing arts’ education system in India. The REVA School of Performing Arts and Indic Studies (SoPA & IS) offers courses like Certificate, Diploma, MPA (Masters of Performing Arts) and Ph.D. programmes. Our Syllabus is world-class and bench-marked. The SPA is in the beautiful campus of REVA University - which has received “Best Campus” and 'Best upcoming University' awards. The School of Performing Arts also concentrates on collaborating with universities abroad for short term and semester exchange programmes and on introducing Indian Performing Arts to the foreign students. Internationally acclaimed artistes visit the campus often as visiting faculty members and guest lecturers to interact with students. The performing wing at the REVA School of Performing Arts and Indic Studies (SoPA & IS) will have performing opportunities all over the country and abroad. Students can expect to become thinking, professional Artist. The seminars, workshops, guest classes are intended make them ready to face the world of Arts that is an amalgamation of a spectrum of experiences and choices.
REVA University became the only University in South India that offers Master of Performing Arts in various Indian classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam, Kathak and Odissi, which no other Indian University offers. The school also offers Diploma and Certificate courses in Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam, Kathak and Odissi. Apart from these certificate courses, diploma and graduate programmes in vocal music and theatre arts are also offered here.
REVA is the first Private University in India that offers UGC approved graduate and postgraduate degrees in Performing Arts with specialisations in theatre, dance and music. We also have a Bachelor’s degree programme, which is a triple major in Performing Arts, English and Psychology, a unique combination that offers multiple career choices to our students.
The School envisions a future in which more and more students consider “Performing Arts” as a career choice.
The School of Performing Arts is in the process of establishing ties with universities abroad having similar courses so that the students can enjoy cultural exchange programmes. The School of Performing Arts (SOPA), REVA University has grown leaps and bounds in a few years. The students can experience a global reach with our well-designed curriculum and training.
Salient Features:
School of Performing Arts and Indic Studies aims to develop the excellence in Performing Arts and Indic studies subjects in the students academically, artistically and socially through world class academic programs that inculcates education, research, innovation, creativity, extension and collaboration.
| S. No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Teerooven Soobaroyen |
| 2 | ‘Padmabhushan’ Dr. Dhananjayan |
| 3 | ‘Padmashri’ Dr. Sunil Kothari |
| 4 | ‘Padmasri’ Geeta Chandran, New Delhi |
| 5 | Guru Smt Bala Kondala Rao, Visakhapatnam |
| 6 | Dr. Uma Rele, Mumbai |
| 7 | Dr. Vedantam Ramalinga Sastry, Kuchipudi |
| 8 | Dr. Anuradha Jonnalagadda, Hyderabad |
| 9 | Dr. T.S. Satyavathi, Bangalore |
Director,
School of Performing Arts and Indic Studies (SoPA & IS)
The freedom that students are getting to choose their careers now is much broader than ever before. Unconventional career choice is the new way and the Gen Y is all about wonderful creativity. School of Performing Arts, aims to benchmark itself in the area of Music, School of Performing Arts and Indic Studies (SoPA & IS) courses from the Diploma to Research level degrees. Indian tradition in which Music and Dance plays a pivotal role is a major attraction and a focus of study for not only Indians but westerners too, for, one finds it very scientific and vast area for inter-disciplinary research activities. Department is well-equipped to meet the traditional and modern needs of both Indian and foreign nationals. The performing wing of the school shall aim to churn out the most sought after performers and especially thinking dancers. The syllabi is world-class and prepares students not just as performers but also in the areas like research, Art Management, Personality development, soft skills, Music, Nattuvangam and other allied art forms, apart from bringing in internationally acclaimed artistes for workshops, guest lectures and interactive sessions. The field work and Dissertation makes the course rigorous and unparalleled.
As founding director, I take this as my privilege to welcome the artistes and connoisseurs to come and explore the finer aspects and unexplored world of Performing Arts at REVA University.
