Professional Performing Arts School
| Professional Performing Arts School PPAS | |
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| Address | |
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328 West 48th St. 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/ |
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 on 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 (Daytime Emmy Award nominee for One Life to Live)
- Kristen Alderson, actress (Daytime Emmy Award winner for One Life to Live)
- Aleisha Allen, actress (School of Rock, Are We There Yet?)
- Morena Baccarin, actress (Firefly, Primetime Emmy Award nominee for Homeland)
- Andrea Bowen, actress (Desperate Housewives, Les Misérables)
- Tru Collins, singer and actor (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
- Lana Condor, actress (X-Men: Apocalypse)
- Billy Crawford, singer and actor (It's Showtime)
- Claire Danes, actress (My So-Called Life, Primetime Emmy Award winner for Homeland)
- Melonie Diaz, actress (Raising Victor Vargas, Fruitvale Station)
- Max Ehrich, actor and dancer (Daytime Emmy Award nominee for The Young and the Restless)
- Jesse Eisenberg, actor (Academy Award nominee for The Social Network)
- Jessica Lee Goldyn, actress and dancer (A Chorus Line)
- Sarah Hyland, actress (Modern Family, Lipstick Jungle)
- Paul Iacono, actor and director (The Hard Times of RJ Berger, Fame)
- Mark Indelicato, actor (Ugly Betty, White Bird in a Blizzard)
- Alicia Keys, actress, singer and pianist (multiple Grammy Award winner)
- Christy Knowings, actor, musician, writer and dancer (All That, Sesame Street)
- Gregori Lukas, singer and dancer (The Nutcracker, New York City Ballet)
- Paul McGill, actor and dancer (Bullets Over Broadway, Fame)
- Taylor Momsen, actress and singer (Gossip Girl, The Pretty Reckless)
- Asher Monroe, actor, dancer and singer (V Factory, Fame)
- Eric Nelsen, actor and dancer (All My Children, 13: The Musical)
- Connor Paolo, actor (Gossip Girl, Revenge)
- Karina Pasian, singer and pianist (Grammy Award nominee for First Love)
- Josh Peck, actor and comedian (Drake & Josh, The Amanda Show)
- Justin Peck, dancer and choreographer (New York City Ballet)
- Danielle Polanco, dancer and choreographer (Step Up film series)
- Victor Rasuk, actor (How to Make it in America, Fifty Shades film series)
- Alisa Reyes, actress (All That, The Proud Family)
- Elena Satine, actress and singer (Magic City, Revenge)
- Max Schneider, singer and actor (How To Rock, Rags)
- Britney Spears, singer and dancer (Grammy Award winner)
- Rebecca Harrell Tickell, actress, producer and director (Prancer, FUEL, The Big Fix)
- Addison Timlin, actress (Derailed, Zero Hour)
- Louie Torrellas, actor and comedian (Sponk!, Jumper)
- Chris Trousdale, actor and singer (The Biggest Fan, Dream Street)
- Daniel Ulbricht, dancer (New York City Ballet)
- Jeremy Allen White, actor (Shameless, Twelve)
- Jamila Velazquez, actor (Empire, Twisted)
- Lee Thompson Young, actor (The Famous Jett Jackson)
- Nadia Azzi, pianist
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