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This past January’s Invitational at Lincoln Center was a sell out!
We thank the backstage folks at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for their understanding professionalism as we moved literally hundreds of performers on and off stage.
We thank the directors who are often overlooked. They lay a lot on the line to participate in such a high profile endeavor on a world class stage in the heart of New York City.
The director must gather money (with seemingly unending fundraisers), plan the performance, struggle with bus companies and hotels, and effectively utilize parents as chaperones while still giving them freedom to appreciate their young performer’s time in the limelight.
And lastly, we thank you, the performers. You have practiced unending hours.
 
 
 

 

Welcome to Our World: The AAPAE Mission

 

The American Alliance of Performing Arts Educators (AAPE) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides performance opportunities for pre-professional performing arts talent to appear in supportive, noncompetitive and major venues.

 

By combining the resources of talented and qualified performing groups, AAPAE is able to access venues of world stature for groups of moderate means. These performance opportunities often include Master Classes with professionals who are currently active in their fields.

 

AAPAE addresses the situations common to all performing arts educators, whether they are independent or affiliated with an educational institution and strives to educate performing groups on how to self-fund the opportunities presented them, allowing individual performing groups to become viable, independent businesses, whether profit or nonprofit.  Our mission is to strengthen amateur performing arts groups by offering them inspiring and reasonably inexpensive access to world class venues.
 
 
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