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    Coach Gina Tolar

    Mrs. Tolar is proud to be the director of the Travis Dance Department. She is honored to work with such kind and hardworking students on the Varsity and JV Belles Dance Teams. As a dance coach, she strives to teach life skills that dancers can take with them through college and into the workforce. Our Tiger Dancers leave the Dance Department with an understanding of teamwork, compassion for others, and grit to push through tough moments in life.

    Coach Tolar is married to her high school sweetheart, Philip Tolar, and they have two beautiful children. Her daughter, Addie, is a sophomore at the University of Oklahoma, and her son, Nicholas, is a sophomore at Jordan High School where he plays football and is involved in FCA and FFA. 

    As a graduate from Kempner High School in Fort Bend ISD, Mrs. Tolar is proud to be working in the district that gave her a passion for dance team. She was the co-captain of the Cougar Brigade while in high school and company member for the Kathleen Parker Dance Studio, now called Sugarland Dance Center. Following high school, Coach Tolar trained in contemporary, ballet, ballroom, pilates, and other various styles at the University of Texas and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance.

    Professionally, Mrs. Tolar is in her 19th year of public education as a dance teacher and head dance director. She was the founding director of the Fort Bend Bush High School Illusions Dance Team, Director of the Katy Taylor Pacesetters Dance Team, Sales Associate at Leapin’ Leotards, custom dancewear company, past adjudicator for Ascension Dance, formerly Champion Dance, Crowd Pleasers Dance, and Miss Dance and Drill Team Texas, and Self Employed Custom Cake Baker. 

    During her time off, Coach Tolar enjoys supporting her children in their performances and games, in addition to hanging out with her extended family, playing board games, and taking walks with her dogs, Penny and Sage, on her neighborhood trails.

     

    Coach Alyssa Williams

    Ms. Williams was born and raised in Houston, Texas, where she began dancing at the age of 7 at North Harris Performing Arts. She was a part of the competition team for 7 years and trained in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, lyrical, and hip hop. Coach Williams was a part of the Atascocita Patriettes where she served as Co-Captain her Senior year.  After graduating, she started her college career at Stephen F. Austin State University where she was a member of the SFA Dance Team. Ms. Williams transferred to Texas State University where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance Education. While attending Texas State she had the opportunity to perform in multiple faculty and student pieces and choreographed her own work. Ms. Williams had the amazing opportunity to student teach at Lehman High School, in Hays ISD, where she taught dance classes and worked with the Star Strutters and Starlettes for the Fall 2024 season. Outside of dance you can find her spending time with family and friends, at a baseball game, or playing with her dog Bandit. Coach Williams is very excited and honored to be a part of the Travis Belles and looks forward to sharing her passion for dance with her students.