Empowering at-risk youth through dance and theater arts. Everyone deserves a chance to dance!
Give the gift of dance! Funds are used to help pay for dance classes both in school and out for scholarship dancers.
Offset the class costs to various Austin ISD schools when budget limitations reduce the number or length of classes they can book per semester. The extra funds mean teachers can be there for more than one day a week and for the full length of a semester.
Every holiday season Leap of Joy has a caps and mittens drive where we collect new caps, mittens, and socks that are distributed to our students before the Winter break. Funds are used to make sure we have enough for everyone.
Help make performance time a success! Donations are used towards purchasing high-quality costumes and props for the annual spring recital.
Leap of Joy offers dance and theater arts after school and summer camp enrichment programs to underprivileged children, ages 4 to 14, in underserved schools in Austin, Tx. We teach all styles of dance including modern, tap, and ballet, creative movement, hip hop, performance and theatre arts.
Our teachers enrich the lives of children by not only providing mentorship and academic excellence but fight obesity with proper nutrition by emphasizing the importance of physical activity by teaching dance, creative movement and performing arts at no charge to their families.
Our goal is to give our children a sense of their own value and assist them academically with homework help. In order to combat child obesity, we also provide healthy seasonal fruit and vegetable snacks. Children are kept active through dance movement games and fitness through stretching and cardio warm-ups. They are taught a knowledge of dance vocabulary tailored appropriately to their ages and skill levels. They work cooperatively participating in the creation of performance pieces.
The main objective of our organization is to create a positive and safe environment where kids can take a Leap of Joy class and gain Self-Esteem, Self Respect, a Spirit of Cooperation, Body Consciousness & Self Acceptance no matter size and shape.
Leap of Joy is a trusted Give Austin partner and a verified 501(c)(3) charitable organization