Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

{{Short description|Performing arts college in Slovakia}}

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The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava ({{langx|sk|Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave}}, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949.{{Cite web |title=Music in Slovakia in The Socialist Era – the Topic for Education of Contemporary Youth |url=http://catalog.liha-pres.eu/index.php/liha-pres/catalog/download/35/405/877-1?inline=1 |access-date=2024-03-21 |doi=10.36059/978-966-397-132-2/55-79}}

The university consists of three faculties:

• Theatre Faculty (Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, Stage and Costume Design, Puppetry, Theatre Theory, Theatre Management)
• Faculty of Film and Television (Directing, Documentary, Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting, Photography and Picture Composition, Animation, Editing, Sound Design, Production, Management and Business Studies, Film and TV Theory)
• Faculty of Music and Dance (Composition, Orchestra Conducting, Theory of Music, Voice, Opera Directing, Instrumental Playing (16 majors), Dance (6 majors))