BAPA: Broadway Academy of Performing Arts & Events Center

BAPA: Broadway Academy of Performing Arts & Events Center is a performing arts academy in Knoxville, Tennessee, offering movement instruction that blends dance arts, martial arts, and healing arts. Its 55-minute classes emphasize technique, choreography, stage direction, stage presence, and confidence-building in a structured environment for young dancers. The academy also incorporates dance history and the influence of notable innovators in the field, with opportunities to study under master instructor Shahira. In addition, BAPA includes BUTI Yoga, a high-intensity format combining yoga, dance, plyometrics, and conditioning with movement influences such as Brazilian Baile Funk, African Tribal, Arabic Bellydancing, and Samba.