Professional Performing Arts School
| Professional Performing Arts School PPAS | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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328 West 48th St. (between 8th & 9th Avenues) Manhattan, New York City United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°45′42″N 73°59′19″W / 40.761536°N 73.988506°WCoordinates: 40°45′42″N 73°59′19″W / 40.761536°N 73.988506°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public[1] |
| Established | 1990[2] |
| School district | 10036 |
| Principal | Keith Ryan [3] |
| Teaching staff | 30 academic teachers [4] |
| Grades | 6–12 [5] |
| Enrollment | 485[6] |
| Campus | Urban |
| Athletics | dance, drama ,vocal, musical theatre |
| Yearbook | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.ppasnyc.org/ |
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The Professional Performing Arts School or PPAS is a New York City public school in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.
History
The Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS) was 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.[7]
It is the special mission of this small, personalized school to develop, refine, and showcase students in dance, drama, and vocal music while also providing them with a rigorous, meaningful academic curriculum.
Every student auditions for a performing arts major. Performing arts instruction is delivered by professional dancers, actors and musicians through professional studios.
Academic staff give students opportunities for daily study through a rigorous, comprehensive, sequential, fully integrated academic curriculum. The course of study, ending in a New York State Regents endorsed diploma, is centered around an interdisciplinary, multicultural, inquiry based approach to learning which prepares students for college and/or a professional career in the arts.
Notable alumni
- Eddie Alderson, Actor (One Life to Live)
- Kristen Alderson, Actress (One Life to Live)
- Aleisha Allen, actress (School of Rock, Are We There Yet?, Are We Done Yet?)
- Morena Baccarin, Actress (Firefly, Stargate SG-1, Homeland)
- Asher Book, Actor, dancer, singer (boy band V Factory, Fame)
- Andrea Bowen, Actress (Desperate Housewives)
- Tru Collins, Singer, actor (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Guiding Light)
- Billy Crawford. Singer/Actor
- Claire Danes, Actress (My So-Called Life, Stardust, Homeland, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series in "My So-Called Life")
- Melonie Diaz, actress (Raising Victor Vargas, Be Kind Rewind, Feel the Noise)
- Shenell Edmonds, Actress ("One Life to Live")
- Max Ehrich, Actor, dancer (High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Ugly Betty)
- Jesse Eisenberg, Actor (The Social Network, The Squid and the Whale, 30 Minutes or Less) (Academy Award Nominee for Best Actor)
- Jessica Lee Goldyn, actress and dancer (A Chorus Line)
- Sarah Hyland, Actress (Modern Family)
- Paul Iacono, Actor, director (The Hard Times of RJ Berger, Fame)
- Mark Indelicato, Actor (Ugly Betty)
- Alicia Keys, Acress/singer, pianist (Winner of 15 Grammy Awards)
- Christy Knowings, Actor,(All That), (Sesame Street) musician, model, writer, dancer
- Sydney Lucas, actress, (Fun Home, She's Funny That Way) (Tony Award Nominee for Best Featured Actress in a Musical)
- Gregori Lukas, Singer, Dancer (The Nutcracker, Gregori Lukas)
- Julianna Rose Mauriello, actress (LazyTown)
- Paul McGill, Actor, dancer (Man on Wire, Fame, A Chorus Line (Revival))
- Taylor Momsen, Actress, singer (Gossip Girl (TV series), The Pretty Reckless, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!)
- Eric Nelsen, actor and dancer (All My Children, 13 The Musical)
- Josh Page, Singer (Forte Tenors, America's Got Talent)
- Connor Paolo, Actor (Gossip Girl (TV series))
- Karina Pasian, singer, pianist, (Grammy Award Nominated for album First Love)
- Josh Peck, actor (Drake & Josh, The Amanda Show, Drillbit Taylor) voice actor, comedian, director, producer
- Justin Peck, Dancer/Choreographer (New York City Ballet)
- Danielle Polanco, Dancer/Choreographer (Step Up 2)
- Victor Rasuk, actor (Raising Victor Vargas, Feel the Noise, Stop-Loss)
- Alisa Reyes, actress (All That, The Proud Family)
- Elena Satine, Actress/Singer
- Max Schneider, Singer, Actor ("How To Rock), (Rags)
- Britney Spears. Singer
- Rebecca Harrell Tickell, Actress, Producer, Director (Prancer, FUEL (Sundance Film Festival Winner for Best Documentary), The Big Fix (Cannes Film Festival Documentary))
- Addison Timlin, Actress (Derailed, Californication)
- Louie Torrellas, Actor, Comic (Yankees on Deck, Miracle's Boys)
- Chris Trousdale, actor, singer (The Biggest Fan, former group Dream Street, All That guest appearance)
- Daniel Ulbricht, Dancer (New York City Ballet)
- Jeremy Allen White, Actor (Shameless (U.S. TV series))
- Jamila Velazquez, Actress (Law & Order, Come Home Raquel)
- Lee Thompson Young, Actor (The Famous Jett Jackson)
Partnerships
- The Actors Institute
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- The Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet
- Juilliard Pre-College
- National Chorale
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre
- Rosie's Theater Kids
- School of American Ballet
- Waterwell