Professional Performing Arts School

Professional Performing Arts School

The Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS) is a New York City public school "created in 1990 to meet the needs of two groups of students: those who wanted to pursue professional work in the arts as they earned a junior/senior high school diploma and those who wanted to study the arts as a vocation. PPAS continues that mission today as students follow a daily schedule of academic work at school each morning and intensive performing arts instruction at professional studios each afternoon. The performing arts curriculum offers students in grades nine through twelve a unique opportunity to study the arts in a professional environment."

The school is located in 48th Street in Manhattan, about 17 blocks south of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. The school is operated by the New York City Department of Education.

Notable Alumni, Students and Former Students

* Britney Spears, singer (Winner of 1 Grammy Award)
* Melonie Diaz, actress ("Raising Victor Vargas, Be Kind Rewind, Feel the Noise")
* Victor Rasuk, actor ("Raising Victor Vargas, Feel the Noise, Stop-Loss")
* Claire Danes, actress ("My So-Called Life"), Stardust, (Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series in "My So-Called Life")
* Jesse Eisenberg, actor ("The Squid and the Whale")
* Alicia Keys, singer (Winner of 11 Grammy Awards)
* Julianna Rose Mauriello, actress ("LazyTown")
* Alisa Reyes, actress ("All That")
* Lee Thompson Young, actor ("The Famous Jett Jackson")
* Josh Peck, actor ("Drake and Josh", "Snow Day", The Wackness)
* Chris Trousdale, actor, singer ("The Biggest Fan") former group ("Dream Street") ("All That") guest appearance
* Aleisha Allen, actress ("School of Rock, Are We There Yet?, Are We Done Yet?")
* Taylor Momsen, Actress ("Gossip Girl"), ("How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Spy Kids 2")
* Kristen Alderson, Actress ("One Life to Live")
* Connor Paolo, Actor ("Gossip Girl")
* Andrea Bowen, Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
* Karina Pasian, singer
* Danielle Polanco, Dancer/Choreographer ("Step Up 2")

Partnerships

*The Actors Institute
*Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
*School of American Ballet
*Songs of Solomon Academy for the Arts"' "

External links

* [http://ppa.r9tech.org/home.aspx Official website Professional Performing Arts School]
* [http://www.ppasinfo.org/ Parent Site about Professional Performing Arts School]
* [http://www.theactorsinstitute.com/ The Actors Institute]
* [http://www.alvinailey.org/ Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater]
* [http://www.sab.org/ School of American Ballet]
* [http://www.sosinspirations.org/aboutus.asp Songs of Solomon]


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