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. Partnerships include the
Alvin Ailey American Dance Center[?], the
Lucy Moses School of Music[?], and
The Actors Institute[?]."
[1] (
http://www.nycenet.edu/SchoolsDistricts/Schools/?DBN=71M408)
The school is located in 48th Street in Manhattan, about 2 miles south of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art.