Throughout the season, YPAS students perform on the school's Main Stage and Experimental Theatres. There are additional schoolwide performances as well, allowing all students a chance to spotlight their talents. Performing arts classes are scheduled in two-hour blocks. Students take their academic classes at nearby duPont Manual High School. Dance The Dance Department at YPAS is designed to promote personal and artistic growth in its students.
Instruction is offered in the foundations of dance as well as in technique.
There are many opportunities for students to perform, including participation in Dance Ensemble, the annual Dance Concert, musicals, and Louisville's Next Generation, the international touring revue. Theater Students develop their own sense of expression through the YPAS Theater Program. The study of acting is split into four levels with an additional elective in playwriting and directing. Vocal Music Students interested in vocal music can participate in everything from individual instruction to a large choir with a varied repertoire and rigorous performance schedule. The Musical Theater Program allows students to bring together skills in music theory, jazz, tap, ballet, modern dance, history of musical theater, voice and diction, theatrical movement, scene study, characterization, and audition techniques.