Professional Performing Arts School
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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 an avocation. 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 two miles (3 km) 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.
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[edit] Notable alumni and students
- Claire Danes, actress (My So Called Life)
- Jesse Eisenberg, actor (The Squid and the Whale)
- Alicia Keys, singer
- Julianna Rose Mauriello, actress (LazyTown)
- Connor Paolo, child actor (Alexander)
- Alisa Reyes, actress (All That)
- Stephen Scarpulla -actor- Broadway "Les Miz" "Gypsy" "Oklahoma"etc.
- Britney Spears, singer
- Lee Thompson Young, actor (The Famous Jett Jackson)
- Josh Peck, actor (Drake and Josh, Snow Day)
[edit] Partnerships
- The Actors Institute
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- School of American Ballet
- Songs of Solomon Academy for the Arts
[edit] See also
[edit] External Links
- [http://ppa.r9tech.org/home.aspx Official Website Professional Performing Arts School
- Parent Site about Professional Performing Arts School
- The Actors Institute
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- School of American Ballet
- Songs of Solomon
