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 six through twelve(same school) a unique opportunity to study the arts in a professional environment."
The school is located in West 48th Street and 8th Avenue 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, Students and Former Students
- Britney Spears, singer, winner of a Grammy Award
- Alicia Keys, singer, pianist (Winner of 12 Grammy Awards)
- Claire Danes, actress (My So-Called Life, Stardust, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series in "My So-Called Life")
- Josh Peck, actor (Drake and Josh, Snow Day, The Wackness)
- Melonie Diaz, actress (Raising Victor Vargas, Be Kind Rewind, Feel the Noise)
- Victor Rasuk, actor (Raising Victor Vargas, Feel the Noise, Stop-Loss)
- Jesse Eisenberg, actor (The Squid and the Whale)
- Julianna Rose Mauriello, actress (LazyTown)
- Andrea Bowen, Actress (Desperate Housewives)
- Danielle Polanco, Dancer/Choreographer (Step Up 2)
- Taylor Momsen, actress (Gossip Girl, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Spy Kids 2)
- Connor Paolo, Actor (Gossip Girl)
- Chris Trousdale, actor, singer (The Biggest Fan, former group Dream Street, All That guest appearance)
- Alisa Reyes, actress (All That)
- Lee Thompson Young, actor (The Famous Jett Jackson)
- Kristen Alderson, Actress (One Life to Live)
- Eddie Alderson, Actor (One Life to Live)
- Mark Indelicato, Actor ("Ugly Betty")
- Aleisha Allen, actress (School of Rock, Are We There Yet?, Are We Done Yet?)
- Karina Pasian, singer, pianist, Grammy Award Nominated for album First Love
- Paul McGill, actor, dancer (Man on Wire, Fame)
- K. Foxx, Hip-Hop radio personality, video star.
[edit] Partnerships
- The Actors Institute
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- School of American Ballet
- Songs of Solomon Academy for the Arts
