Give your children real-world experience and enhance academic achievement through the arts and register now for The Performing Arts School (PAS) at bergenPAC Fall classes, the premier arts school in northern New Jersey!
Children will have the opportunity to perform on bergenPAC’s main stage and throughout Bergen County.
With PAS's top-notch leaders at the helm, the PAS has a proven track record of developing young artists to stardom. Many of its students go on to professional careers and return to teach at the school.
PAS offers a variety of classes in Early Childhood, Music, Dance, and Theater throughout the year and is now accepting registrations for fall classes set to begin Monday, September 12. Take advantage of a 10% early bird discount (for registrants who are paid in full by September 8). Need more information? PAS will host an open house on September 7 and 8 from 10:30 a.m.- 7:30 p.m. for an introduction to PAS’s wide range of arts education programs.
Acting and Improv, Acting Technique, Scene Study, and more, as well as the opportunity to perform in a production of “Willy Wonka Junior.” The Showtime Jr. program requires an audition for placement. For more information, please click here.
The Performing Arts School atbergenPAC, 1 Depot Square, Englewood, NJ.
PAS'S Comprehensive early childhood program - 3 months - 5 years old
A 12-week fall session takes place from 9/12 – 12/4, powered by Benzel Busch. Children 3 months to 5 years of age can enjoy their very first exposure to music, dance, and theater. Classes will lay the foundation to create lifelong learners of the arts. For more information about Early Childhood programs and its benefits on young children, please click here.
PAS's Dance Program is an electrifying program under the direction of world-renowned dancer and choreographer Roberta Mathes. With stellar professional faculty and facilities, this dance program has had resounding success in reaching children and members of the community, providing the opportunity to receive superb dance training in a positive setting whether they become performing artists or simply dance for fun.
PAS offers a wide array of classes for all ages and abilities (children through adults) in Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Modern Jazz, Horton, Afro Modern, Tap, Hip-Hop, and Acrobatics.
For more serious-minded students, the PAS has a pre-Professional program that offers college guidance for dancers and provides more performance opportunities. To learn more about these dance programs and to register, please click here.
PAS Music program - ages 5 - college
Rooted in the history of the facility, which formerly housed GRAMMY-winning Bennett Studios. Students are encouraged to take private music lessons while also taking group classes and jam sessions to create a music community.
- Students are given the opportunity to record their pieces with a tailored curriculum to the individual instrument and educational needs of the student and focuses on building technical skills as a foundation for performance.
- Focuses on vocal technique, body alignment, breathing, intonation, diction, expression, and building repertoire. Both the recreational singer and those on a professional track are mentored and given career guidance to reach their full potential as vocal performers.
- Current and graduates, appear(ed) in, countless theatrical productions on Broadway, regional theatre and national tours, including current Broadway productions of Dear Evan Hansen, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, Once On This Island, and A Bronx Tale. Former Broadway productions include Annie, Matilda, On Your Feet, Fiddler on the Roof, Newsies, and Billy Elliot, and too many more to list. Her students are also actively engaged in voice-over work, appear on national commercials and television series, and have also been featured on studio album recordings.
PAS's Show Choir
Students in The Performing Arts School Show Choir will build confidence through performing in an advanced ensemble. They will learn proper posture, breathing, and proper diction. Students will perfect their rhythm, sight-singing, and ear training skills. This ensemble will learn a vast majority of repertoire, while also preparing to perform alongside major artists on the Taub Stage at bergenPAC.
- Students will be auditioned for this ensemble.
- Music programs also include private lessons, music production on Logic and Pro Tools, and the Pop Rock Ensemble.
- For more information and to register, please click here.
The PAS at bergenPAC also offers high school students the opportunity to earn college credit through the Dual Enrollment Program at Bergen Community College.
To register for Fall programs, please email education@bergenpac.org or register online here. Call (201)482-8194 ext 78.
The Performing Arts School at bergenPAC offers programs for all ages and abilities throughout the year in music, dance, and theater. Thanks to generous community support, its need-based scholarship program ensures that no child who wants to develop their passions is ever turned away because of financial hardships. To apply for a scholarship please Click Here. Payment plans are also available.
1 Depot Square
Englewood, New Jersey
About bergenPAC:
Founded in 2003, the 1,367-seat Bergen Performing Arts Center, or bergenPAC, is the area’s cultural mecca. Housed in a historic Art Deco-style theater boasting one of the finest acoustic halls in the United States, bergenPAC attracts a stellar roster of world-class entertainment. The jewel in our crown is The Performing Arts School at bergenPAC – the innovative, educational performing arts initiative that, through programs, classes, outreach, school shows, and main theater presented shows, reach more than 30,000 students and community youth annually. The Performing Arts School provides community youth, age 2 months to 21 years, with unique, “hands-on” training in music, dance and theater by industry professionals. It is through the ongoing generosity of sponsors, donors, members, and patrons that the not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation bergenPAC and The Performing Arts School are able to thrive and enrich our community.
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