{"id":693478,"date":"2019-08-27T21:05:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"19\">Gauteng Education and Youth Development MEC Panyaza Lesufi has officially launched three Performing and Creative Arts Schools of Specialisation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-"},"modified":"2019-08-27T21:05:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:05:53","slug":"south-africa-lights-camera-action-for-the-performing-arts-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/27\/south-africa-lights-camera-action-for-the-performing-arts-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Lights, Camera, Action for the Performing Arts Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"19\">Gauteng Education and Youth Development MEC Panyaza Lesufi has officially launched three Performing and Creative Arts Schools of Specialisation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"32\">The three schools &#8211; East Rand School of the Arts (ERSA), National School of the Arts (NSA) and Pro-Arte Alphen Park were launched in a joint function hosted at ERSA on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"34\">&#8220;The schools&#8217; facilities have been built to accommodate each of the different focus areas, ensuring that each part is attended to in great detail. The schools therefore undoubtedly offer a very unique learning experience.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.outer-ad-container.responsive-aans-view-a-container--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"15\">&#8220;The distinctiveness of the schools is in their combination of arts and business,&#8221; said Lesufi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"17\">ERSA offers six specialised focus areas, namely Dance, Art &amp; Design, Music, Drama, Hospitality and Enterprise Management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"17\">After hours, the school offers Dance, Art, Music and Drama lesson to learners on a tuition basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"11\">NSA attracts learners from across the country and some neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">It offers the following arts subjects alongside the full academic curriculum: Art (Visual Art &amp; Graphic Design), Dance (Ballet, Spanish, Contemporary &amp; African Contemporary), Drama and Music (Classical &amp; Contemporary).<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"46\">In addition to languages, life orientation and maths, Pro-Arte Alphen Park offers the following array of subjects: French Second Additional Language, Dance, Design, Visual Art, Music, Dramatic Arts, Hospitality, Tourism, Business Studies, Economics; Accounting, Physical Science, Life Science, History, Geography, Information Technology and Computer Applications Technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"17\">Admission to the three schools is secured through an audition process in the learner&#8217;s chosen art discipline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"32\">&#8220;We are excited about launching these performance and creative arts schools of specialisation. 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