Riverdale Rising Stars - Riverdale's Premier Performing Arts Program
Riverdale's Premier Performing Arts Program
Everyone is so excited for the opening of 42nd Street performed by the RRS teens in just a few hours! We also want to make a special note to mention that Rising Stars Jrs. Kane Kavanagh Baer and Kelly Lavery make their Rising Stars debuts in this one!! Kane is now officially a Rising Star. [...]
What year are you in school and how many years have you been a Rising Star? My name is Lea, I’m a Junior at RKA 141 and I’ve been involved with RRS since 8th grade. Besides getting the word out, what are some of the other benefits of performing at the Sunday Market? Does it [...]
This past Sunday, RRS participated in the Riverdale Festival of the Arts. Thanks to everyone who helped at the table and stopped by to visit. We also had a special performance by RRS Jrs Nava, Zoe and Mariela singing songs from their upcoming shows Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Pirates of Penzance. Thanks [...]
What is your role at RRS? Choreographer! How did you get started in theater? I’ve been dancing since I was three years old, and I got cast in my first big professional (paid) production during college. I was taking a jazz class in Seattle, and the teacher was the choreographer for a show about to [...]
What is your name and what is you role at RRS? My name is Jessica Lavery and I have been involved in RRS for about 8 years. I started as a camper in Summer Stage and then began performing with Jr. RRS regularly. I moved up to the big leagues with the teens when I [...]
The first adult chorus meeting took place last Thursday at the Riverdale Y and it is with great glee that I report six part harmony was produced! Six part harmony with only six singers!! Rising star parents, Rep veterans, choral teachers who worked a 12 hour day, and one Washington Heights transplant (ok…me) managed to [...]
We are about to hit the mid-point of our first semester of RPAC and we could not be more thrilled with the success of our classes. We launched RPAC with the goal of running 3 courses. To our surprise TEN classes are running and we may be adding another one, due to popular demand. Not [...]
