The Dance Institute of the Round Top Festival Institute is established to serve the community of the Fayette, Lee, Austin and Washington counties.
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You will find hereunder the 2012 Spring Schedule.
For Children (For Adults, please, scroll down)
Courses Offered
- Ballet
- Kid’s Jazz
When
Ballet
Every Thursday starting on January 19 through May 17. No lessons on February 2, March 15, April 5, and April 26.
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm: K-1st grade ballet
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm: 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade ballet
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm: 5th grade and up ballet
Kid’s Jazz
Every Tuesday starting on January 17 through May 15, Grades 3rd to 8th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. No lessons on January 31, March 13, April 3, and April 24.
Where
Festival Hill, 248 Jaster Road, Round Top, TX 78954
Artists Residence III (Common Room)
What
Ballet
This course is offered to students from grades K through 6 with little or no previous training. The course will consist of 14 lessons, each one hour long. Focus will be placed on classical ballet positions of the feet, positions of the arms, spinal alignment and placement along with basic barre exercises, elementary exercises in the center floor and movement across the floor. The course will conclude with an informal demonstration on Thursday May 17, 2012 at 5:00 pm on stage of the Festival Concert Hall.
Kid’s Jazz
Focus will be placed on stretching, strengthening, and low impact aerobic exercise while having fun moving to popular music from the 70s, 80s and current tunes of today. Each class will include a basic standing warm-up, seated stretching and strengthening exercises, isolations, basic traveling movements including stylized walks and simple turns. Each class will conclude with a combination and cool down. The course will conclude with an informal demonstration on Thursday May 17, 2012 at 5:00 pm on stage of the Festival Concert Hall.
Please fill out thoroughly.
Even if the child participated in the 2010-2011 sessions.
Medical Release Form should be printed (click on the printer icon), filled out and mailed to
Dance Institute
Round Top Festival Institute
P.O. Box 89
Round Top, TX 78954-0089
Payment
The 14-classes course tuition is of $140 and payment must be made online at http://festivalhill.org/cgi-bin/online/storepro.php (Dance Institute Catalog) with credit card or by check made to “The James Dick Foundation.” Full payment is required prior to beginning the session. Tuition is non-refundable, non-transferable.
Dress Code
Ballet
Girls: black leotard, pink tights, pink ballet shoes, ballet skirt optional
Boys: shorts or sweat pants, white t-shirt, black ballet shoes.
Kid’s Jazz: jazz pants, leggings or hot shorts, leotard, t-shirt or camisole top, black jazz shoes (slip on or lace-up). Black jazz pants, solid colored top and black jazz shoes will be required for the on-stage demonstration
Etiquette and Safety Regulations
Hair must be up and away from face in pony tail, braid or bun. Short hair styles may need a head band. No bare feet. No jewelry. No gum. No socks without shoes. Bottled water only is allowed in the class room. In order to provide the best possible training for your child, parents will not be allowed in the classroom during class. Please, no unattended children before or after the course.
For Adults
Where
Festival Hill, 248 Jaster Road, Round Top, TX 78954
Artists Residence III (Common Room)
Courses Offered
- Adult Jazz Exercise
- Adult Ballet Exercise
Course Descriptions
Adult Jazz Exercise
This course is offered to adults with little or no previous training. The course will consist of 14 lessons, each one hour long, each Tuesday starting on January 17 through May 15 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. No lessons on January 31, March 13, April 3, and April 24. The course will conclude with an informal demonstration on Thursday May 17, 2012 at 5:00 pm on stage of the Festival Concert Hall.
Focus will be placed on stretching, strengthening, and low impact aerobic exercise while having fun moving to popular music from the 70s, 80s and current tunes of today. Each class will include a basic standing warm-up, seated stretching and strengthening exercises, isolations, basic traveling movements including stylized walks and simple turns. Each class will conclude with a combination and cool down. This is the perfect class for those wanting to “get their groove on” in a safe, non-judgmental environment with others doing the same!
Adult Ballet Exercise
This course is offered to adults with no previous ballet training as well as those who may have studied as a child and want to experience classical ballet movements once again. The course will consist of 14 lessons, each one hour long, each Thursday starting on Thursday January 19, 2012 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am through Thursday May 17, 2012 (no lessons on February 2, March 15, April 5, and April 26.) Focus will be placed on classical ballet positions of the feet, positions and movement of the arms, spinal alignment and placement. Each class will begin with movements at the barre and will progress to exercises in the center floor and movement traveling across the floor. Each exercise is designed to either strengthen or stretch different muscle groups. This class will be enjoyed by those who desire to work slowly and carefully with controlled movements in a more formal environment with others sharing in same the disciplined process. The course will conclude with an informal demonstration on Thursday May 17, 2012 at 5:00 pm on stage of the Festival Concert Hall.
Adult Dance Attire
There is no formal required attire for any of the adult classes other than appropriate shoes for each technique. Socks or tights with no shoes are not allowed for safety reasons.
Ballet Exercise:
Students must wear ballet shoes – canvas or leather. Split sole ballet shoes are recommended, but full sole ballet shoes are also acceptable. Elastic straps should be sewn across the instep to make certain the shoe is secure. Any clothing that allows for full range of movement is recommended. Adults who desire a typical ballet look may wear a leotard of any style and color, tights (pale pink is traditional, but any color is fine). Yoga wear, ballet skirts, sweat/stretch pants are also allowed.
Jazz Exercise:
Students may work with bare feet or wear jazz shoes. Jazz shoes are suggested due to friction from the floor placed on the skin during turns and traveling movements. There are many different styles ranging from a slip on or oxford with laces that tie to a “dance sneaker” (a cross between a jazz shoe and a sneaker). A light weight tennis shoes may also work. Any clothing that allows for full range of motion is recommended. Typical jazz dance attire is black jazz pants with a leotard, but any stretch pant or capri pant with a T-shirt or yoga wear would be fine for this class. Students may want to try the class in bare feet first before making a jazz shoe selection.
Registration Exclusively on line
Medical Release Form should be printed (click on the printer icon), filled out and mailed to
Dance Institute
Round Top Festival Institute
P.O. Box 89
Round Top, TX 78954-0089
Payment
The 14-classes course tuition is of $140 and payment must be made online at http://festivalhill.org/cgi-bin/online/storepro.php (Dance Institute Catalog) with credit card or by check made to “The James Dick Foundation.”. Full payment is required prior to beginning the session.
Faculty
Libby Lovejoy
Libby Lovejoy, Director of Dance
Ms. Lovejoy holds a BFA and MFA in Dance from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. She has a diverse background of study in many dance idioms including classical ballet, jazz, modern, tap, character, musical theatre, ethnic, period movement, effort/shape techniques and Labanotation. Libby’s many years of classical ballet include study at the American Ballet Theatre School and the Royal Academy of Dancing in London. She grew up in southwest Louisiana where she trained with Lady Leah Hathaway and was a charter member of the Lake Charles Civic Ballet.
Many of Ms. Lovejoy’s 30+ years of teaching have been spent honing her skills in the classroom at Dancers Workshop in Austin where she teaches classes to students ranging in age from 1st grade through adult. Libby co-directs Ovation, a youth ballet company in residency at Dancers Workshop. Ovation has been very successful with its productions, selling out performances of The Nutcracker in Austin, Round Top and Leander. Libby has also guest choreographed many works for Dancers Workshop’s contemporary company, Austin Dance Works. Many of Ms. Lovejoy’s students have been successful in the professional dance world working in film, music videos, the commercial and industrial field, theme parks and the famous Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. Her students have been selected to attend special summer study at American Ballet Theatre in New York and Austin, The Joffrey Summer Intensive, New York City Dance Alliance and The Edge Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles.
Ms. Lovejoy has taught dance at The University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Towson University, Austin Community College, Richland Community College, El Centro Community College, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School (Upper and Middle Schools), Star Charter School and Booker T. Washington High School for Visual and Performing Arts. In Austin, Libby’s studio/professional academy work has included Ballet Austin, Austin Musical Theatre, Tapestry Dance Company, and Sharir Dance Company. She has taught and choreographed for high school drill/dance teams in Austin, Eanes, Round Rock and Leander Independent School Districts.
Ms. Lovejoy’s convention teaching includes Regional Dance America (southwest region), Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, National Ballet Forum, Southern Association of Dance Masters, Oklahoma Dance Masters Association, Texas Association Teachers of Dancing, Inc., State of the Art, and American College Dance Festival. She has directed, choreographed, taught and performed throughout the states of Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Oklahoma, Illinois and Ohio.
With an avid interest in dance medicine, Libby is a member of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science. In 2002, Ms. Lovejoy presented a paper on biomechanical dysfunction of the sacroiliac joint in dancers at the 12th Annual IADMS Conference held in NYC. She is a former Miss Louisiana and was 4th Runner-up to Miss America.
You may contact Ms. Lovejoy by email for any question regarding the curriculum of the Dance Institute.
