School of Performing Arts Seoul
School of Performing Arts Seoul is an arts high school located in Gung-dong, Guro District, in Seoul, South Korea.
History
SOPA was founded on March 6, 1966 as Jeonghui High School. On February 28, 2002, Park Jae-ryeon was appointed as principal. 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, 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
- Department of Broadcasting Arts
Notable alumni
- An Yu-jin
- Bae Suzy
- Bang Ye-dam
- Cheng Xiao
- Choi Jin-ri
- Choi Jun-hong
- Choi Jisu
- Choi Min-hwan
- Choi Seo-ah
- Choi Ye-won
- Choi Yoo-jung
- Choi Yu-na
- Choi Seungcheol
- Chu So-jung
- Gong Chan-sik
- Heo Young-ji
- Hong Ye-ji
- Hwang Eun-bi
- Hwang Hyun-jin
- Hwang Min-hyun
- Im Da-young
- Jang Do-yoon
- Jang Won-young
- Jang Ye-eun
- Jeon Jung-kook
- Jeon Wonwoo
- Jeong Yun-o
- Jo Kwang-min
- Jo Young-min
- Jung Chae-yeon
- Jung Eun-bi
- Jeong Se-woon
- Jung Ye-rin
- Jung Yoon-seok
- Kang Chan-hee
- Kang Mi-na
- Kang Seul-gi
- Kang Yi-seok
- Kim Do-yeon
- Kim Jae-hyun
- Kim Jae-won
- Kim Ji-soo
- Kim Jong-in
- Kim Min-jae
- Kim Min-ju
- Kim Nam-joo
- Kim Sae-ron
- Kim Woo-jin
- Kim Ye-won
- Kwak Dong-yeon
- Kwon Eun-bi
- Lee Da-bin
- Lee Dae-hwi
- Lee Ha-yi
- Lee Dong-hyuck
- Lee Hye-ri
- Lee Jae-jin
- Lee Je-no
- Lee Jong-hyun
- Lee Na-eun
- Lee Tae-yong
- Lee Young-yoo
- Mark Lee
- Na Hae-ryung
- Na Jae-min
- Oh Ha-young
- Oh Se-hun
- Park Ji-hoon
- Park Jung-hyun
- Park Soo-young
- Ryu Su-jeong
- Seo Ji-hee
- Shin Ji-hoon
- Son Na-eun
- Son Seung-yeon
- Song Seung-hyun
- Yang Jeongin
- Zhou Jieqiong