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Performing Arts
The Performing Arts Department seeks to provide opportunities for students to explore their potential for personal expression and growth through music, theater, and dance. While these three disciplines each have their own techniques and concepts, they share a common set of educational values:
In the Performing Arts we consider it our mission to help students to:
- Craft and discipline
- Teamwork and mutual support
- Individuality and self-discovery
In the Performing Arts we consider it our mission to help students to:
- Take responsibility for and become engaged with their work
- Develop a sense of trust in themselves and each other
- Learn from their mistakes
- Learn the importance of preparation and repetition
- Learn to concentrate in performance
We aim to achieve these ends by creating a safe environment for risk-taking, promoting understanding of commitment and responsibility to the group, setting high standards for performance, allowing creativity to grow both from imitation and from within, and instilling a sense of fun and play.
The fine arts requirement for graduation is 1.5 credits or three semesters in either the visual or performing arts. Only 1/3 of the requirement may be fulfilled by art history.
Located on the Upper West Side of New York City, Trinity School is a college preparatory, coeducational independent school for grades K-12. Since 1709, Trinity has provided a world-class education to its students with rigorous academics and outstanding programs in athletics, the arts, peer leadership, and global travel.