PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL

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 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.

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Notable Alumni and Students

Partnerships

External Links

Notable Alumni and Students

★ Britney Spears

★ Victor Rasuk, actor (''Raising Victor Vargus, Lords of Doggtown'')

★ 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'')

★ 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

★ Zhakerra Hughes, singer/actress

★ Lulu Obermayer,actress/singer

★ Aliza Faragher, socialite

Partnerships

★ The Actors Institute

★ Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

★ School of American Ballet

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