School of Performing Arts Seoul
Private high school in Seoul, South Korea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA; Korean: 서울공연예술고등학교 / 서공예) is an arts high school located in Gung-dong, Guro District, in Seoul, South Korea.[3]
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| School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA) 서울공연예술고등학교 (서공예) | |
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16-26 Ori-ro 22na-gil, Guro District South Korea | |
| Coordinates | 37°30′01″N 126°49′55″E |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1966 |
| Principal | Im Ho-seong (임호성)[1] |
| Deputy principal | Kwon Oh-hyun (권오현) |
| Faculty | 37 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 813[2] |
| Color(s) | Yellow |
| Website | sopa |
History
SOPA was founded on March 6, 1966 as Jeonghui High School (정희고등공민학교). On February 28, 2002, Park Jae-ryeon was appointed as principal.[4] SOPA was relocated on September 1, 2008 to its current location at 147-1 Gung-dong, Guro-gu in Seoul.
After changing its name to School of Performing Arts Seoul (Korean: 서울공연예술고등학교; RR: Seo-ul Gong-yeon Yesul Godeung Hakkyo), SOPA took in their first batch of students on March 1, 2009. There are a total of 11,935 graduates as of February 4, 2016, with March 2, 2016 marking new student admissions for the 2016 school year.
Departments
- Department of Theatre & Film
- Department of Practical Dance
- Department of Practical Music
- Department of Stage Arts
- Department of Theatre Arts (combined with Department of Broadcasting Arts to form Department of Theatre & Film)[5]
- Department of Broadcasting Arts (combined with Department of Theatre Arts to form Department of Theatre & Film)[6]
Notable alumni
- An Yu-jin
- Bae Suzy[7]
- Bang Ye-dam[8]
- Cheng Xiao
- Choi Jin-ri (aka "Sulli")[9]
- Choi Jun-hong (aka "Zelo")
- Choi Jisu (aka "Lia")
- Choi Min-hwan
- Choi Seo-ah (aka "Juniel")
- Choi Ye-won (aka "Arin")[10]
- Choi Yoo-jung[11]
- Choi Yu-na (aka "Yuju")
- Choi Seungcheol (aka "S.Coups")
- Chu So-jung (aka "Exy")
- Gong Chan-sik (aka "Gongchan")
- Heo Young-ji
- Hong Ye-ji[12]
- Hwang Eun-bi[13] (aka "SinB")
- Hwang Hyun-jin
- Hwang Min-hyun
- Jang Do-yoon
- Jang Won-young[14]
- Jang Ye-eun
- Jeon Jung-kook[15]
- Jeon Wonwoo (aka "Wonwoo")
- Jeong Yun-o (aka "Jaehyun")[16]
- Jo Kwang-min
- Jo Young-min
- Jung Chae-yeon[17]
- Jung Eun-bi (aka "Eunha")[17]
- Jeong Se-woon
- Jung Ye-rin[18]
- Jung Yoon-seok
- Kang Chan-hee
- Kang Mi-na[19]
- Kang Seul-gi
- Kang Yi-seok
- Kim Do-yeon
- Kim Jae-hyun
- Kim Jae-won[20]
- Kim Ji-soo
- Kim Jong-in (aka "Kai")
- Kim Min-jae
- Kim Min-ju[21]
- Kim Nam-joo[22]
- Kim Sae-ron
- Kim Woo-jin
- Kim Ye-won (aka "Umji")[23][24]
- Kwak Dong-yeon
- Kwon Eun-bi
- Lee Da-bin (aka "Yeonwoo")
- Lee Dae-hwi[25]
- Lee Ha-yi
- Lee Dong-hyuck (aka "Haechan")
- Lee Hye-ri[26]
- Lee Jae-jin
- Lee Je-no
- Lee Jong-hyun
- Lee Na-eun
- Lee Tae-yong[27]
- Lee Young-yoo
- Mark Lee
- Na Hae-ryung
- Na Jae-min[28]
- Oh Ha-young[29]
- Oh Se-hun[9]
- Park Ji-hoon[30][31]
- Park Jung-hyun (aka "Xiyeon")
- Park Soo-young (aka "Joy")
- Ryu Su-jeong
- Seo Ji-hee
- Shin Ji-hoon
- Son Na-eun
- Son Seung-yeon
- Song Seung-hyun
- Yang Jeongin (aka "I.N")
- Zhou Jieqiong[32]
References
External links
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