High Tech High School Performing Arts
High Tech High School’s award-winning Performing Arts Program provides students with an immersive, conservatory-style experience in Dance and Theatre Arts, with each program offering two distinct divisions:
- Dance: Performance and Choreography
- Theatre Arts: Drama and Musical Theatre
Students audition for a specific division during the admissions process and, once accepted, begin a four-year journey of artistic, technical, and personal growth. While each division offers a specialized course of study, all Performing Arts students are part of a collaborative community that encourages them to learn from one another, work across disciplines, and contribute to a wide range of performances and productions.
Throughout their four years at High Tech, students study closely with dedicated instructors who bring extensive professional experience to the classroom and studio. Their training is further enriched through opportunities to work with guest artists and industry professionals, providing exposure to different techniques, perspectives, and professional practices.
The Performing Arts curriculum combines rigorous technical training with creative exploration and individualized instruction. Students are challenged to strengthen their craft, develop their artistic voice, take creative risks, and grow as confident performers and artists. Productions, showcases, workshops, and interdisciplinary projects provide authentic opportunities to apply their learning and experience the collaborative nature of the performing arts.
Beyond developing their craft, students become part of a close-knit artistic community. The relationships they build with classmates, instructors, guest artists, and industry professionals contribute to an experience that extends far beyond the classroom. Graduates leave High Tech with the discipline, confidence, creativity, and technical foundation to pursue continued study and professional opportunities in the performing arts.
High Tech Alum Joins Prestigious Dance Company in NYC
(Secaucus, NJ––October 13, 2021) High Tech High School alum Raechelle Manalo (class of 2016) has been invited to join the Paul Taylor Dance Company in New York City, announced Ms. Kathy Young, Principal of High Tech High School. Raechelle’s journey began at HTHS, where she majored in dance with instructor Trista DeFilippis. As a part...
HTHS Dancer’s Film “MMXX” Earns Spot at Acadia Dance Festival
(Secaucus, NJ––July 27, 2021) The previously decorated student dance film, “MMXX,” has recently been selected for screening at the Acadia Dance Festival’s 2021 Dance Film Screening this July, announced Ms. Kathy Young, Principal of High Tech High School. Already recognized by the Hudson County Alliance of Teen Arts, the film “MMXX” is a musical, visual and kinesthetic...
Two HTHS Seniors Recognized with Governor’s Award for Excellence
(Secaucus, NJ––April 22, 2021) Brogan Donston and Nicolette Zika have earned the Student Award for Artistic Excellence and Leadership in Dance as part of the New Jersey Governor’s Awards in Arts Education, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Brogan and Nicolette were recognized for their outstanding work in the field of...
HTHS Juniors Join Outgoing Seniors as Members of National Honor Society for Dance Arts
(Secaucus, NJ––April 22, 2021) High Tech juniors Maialen Abio, Isabella Delgado, Brogan Donston, Jailin Garcia, Jovy Rose Mariano, and Dylan Nally are the most recent students to be inducted into the National Honor Society for Dance Arts (NHSDA), announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The NHDSA is part of the National...
High Tech Drama Students to Participate in Tiny Shakes(peare)’s Romeo & Juliet
(Secaucus, NJ––March 15, 2021) Three High Tech students––juniors Kimani Culbreath and Maya Ramdayal, along with freshman Saorla Rafferty––were selected to participate in the 2021 production of Tiny Shakes: Romeo & Juliet at the Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Kimani Culbreath and Maya Ramdayal...
HCST Students’ Impressive Theater Arts Award is a Community Effort
(Secaucus, NJ––February 1, 2021) How do two theater students from two different schools in two different grades collaborate for an award-winning musical performance during a pandemic? With a lot of support, patience, and determination, two students from the Hudson County Schools of Technology were able to do just that. Mia Oliver and Lola Castellano earned...
HTHS Conducts Virtual National Honor Society for Dance Arts Ceremony
(Secaucus, NJ––June 3, 2020) Seven High Tech High School junior dance majors were inducted to the National Honor Society for Dance Arts (NHSDA) through a digital ceremony hosted by veteran dance instructor Mrs. Trista DeFilippis, announced Dr. Joseph A. Giammarella, Principal at High Tech High School. During the ceremony, the 2020 NHSDA inductees––Isabel Dadulla, Jennifer...
HIGH TECH HIGH SCHOOL CONGRATULATES STUDENTS TAMOE CARR & ASIA GUZMAN ON BECOMING YOUNGARTS WINNERS
High Tech High School Students Join 686 Talented Emerging Artists from 40 States and will be provided with Unparalleled Creative and Professional Development Opportunities MIAMI, FL (DECEMBER 6, 2019) – HIGH TECH HIGH SCHOOL of SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY congratulates students TAMOE CARR AND ASIA GUZMAN on becoming 2020 National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) winners. HIGH TECH...
High Tech Music & Audio Tech Majors Perform Motown Hits at APME Conference
(New York, NY–June 14, 2019) Eighteen students from High Tech High School’s Music & Audio Tech Major performed a set of songs honoring the Motown era at New York University’s Frederick Loewe Theater, part of this year’s Association for Popular Music Education (APME) Conference, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. APME encourages and...
High Tech’s Music and Audio Technology Department Featured in This Month’s Sound & Communications Magazine
(Port Washington, NY–May 23, 2019) High Tech’s Music and Audio Technology department has been featured in this month’s Sound & Communications Magazine, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. “It is really a terrific piece that highlights the music program,” notes Trista DeFilippis, Supervisor of the Academy of Media, Visual and Performing...