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 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.
[edit] Notable Alumni and Students
- Britney Spears, singer
- Melonie Diaz, actress (Raising Victor Vargus, Be Kind Rewind)
- Victor Rasuk, actor (Raising Victor Vargus, Lords of Dogtown)
- Claire Danes, actress (My So-Called Life)
- Jesse Eisenberg, actor (The Squid and the Whale)
- Alicia Keys, singer
- 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)
- Chris Trousdale, actor, singer (The Biggest Fan) former group (Dream Street) (All That) guest appearance
- Aleisha Allen, actress (School of Rock, Are We There/Done Yet?)
- Alexander Flores, actor (Guine Pig Solo), (The Wackness)
- Taylor Momsen, Actress (Gossip Girl), (The Grinch)
- Kristen Alderson, Actress (One Life to Live)
- Connor Paolo, Actor ("Gossip Girl")
- Mia Flores, Actor
[edit] Partnerships
- The Actors Institute
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- School of American Ballet
- Songs of Solomon Academy for the Arts
