Learning performing arts online takes a foothold during pandemic

The pandemic seems to have led to the online proliferation of performing arts learning in India.

Kafka Academy, a technology enabled performing arts platform started amid the pandemic, said it has received over 100,000 student registrations, a 40-fold increase within 7 months of commencement of operations, conveniently driving the demand for the segment. Indicates affordable learning.

The academy said that it is enrolling students from more than 600 cities in India and on an average is enrolling around 14,000 students per month. The online entity is providing over 50,000 minutes of live learning every day by over 60 instructors in 8 genres of music, dance and acting classes.

Sharik Plasticwala, Founder, said, “We are fortunate to have such rapid adoption from customers for our learning services.”

“In 2022, we look to grow 12x at our current growth rate, and are confident that we will end the year as the largest learning platform for the performing arts in India – online or offline. All this happened within 18 months of launch.”

“One of the biggest drawing factors is the fact that we have been able to divide creator skills into core skills like dance, music and acting, and content creation skills. More than 95% of our learners use core skills we empower them to create content for themselves,” he added.

The Farm enables users to learn from their home and in Tier 2+ cities and facilitates access to a world-class performing arts curriculum where instructors are not available.

It conducts classes in batches, thereby providing affordable price points to the students. Additionally, workshops are offered on how to create content and demonstration videos.

The Academy recently received $1.3 million in pre-launch funding from investors and tech entrepreneurs.

The funding round was led by Global Founders Capital (GFC) and saw participation from investors such as Enzia Ventures and Better Capital.