Travis Wall
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| Travis Michael Wall | |
| Born | September 16, 1987 Virginia Beach, Virginia |
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| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | Dancer Dance instructor |
| Known for | So You Think You Can Dance: season two |
| Relatives | Danny Tidwell |
| Website http://www.traviswall.tv http://www.myspace.com/hardassbitch |
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Travis Michael Wall (born September 16, 1987, Virginia Beach, Virginia), an American dancer and dance instructor specializing in contemporary dance. He is best known for his 2006 appearance as a competitor on the second season of the television show So You Think You Can Dance, which airs on the Fox Network.
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[edit] Personal
| "I was born into the studio and all I really know is dance." Travis Wall (Dance Magazine, 2007)[1] |
Wall grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He began dancing at the age of three, training at his mother's studio, Denise Wall's Dance Energy, and competing in a number of conventions.[2]
In 2007, his adoptive brother Danny Tidwell was a runner-up of the third season of So You Think You Can Dance. He, too, had trained with their mother Denise Wall, who also trained Jaimie Goodwin, a season 3 contestant.[1]
[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
His professional career officially started at the age of nine when he appeared in a popular Dr. Pepper commercial. On April 27, 2000, at age 13, he started a two-year run in "The Music Man" on Broadway, playing a "Resident of River City."[3]
[edit] "So You Think You Can Dance"
At the age of 18, Wall competed on the second season of the show So You Think You Can Dance, making it to the final four contestants and coming in second place to overall winner Benji Schwimmer. Wall was praised by the judges as the most technically talented dancer in the competition.
During the fall of 2006, Wall toured the United States with the top 10 dancers of the So You Think You Can Dance competition.
Wall helped teach choreography for the season four auditions, and was glimpsed in the audition episodes which aired in May 2008.
[edit] Later television appearances
Travis danced on the October 16, 2007 Dancing with the Stars results show, in a piece choreographed by and starring Wade Robson.
Wall along with other past contestants of So You Think You Can Dance appeared on Idol Gives Back on April 9th 2008.
Wall was named as a choreographer for Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance.
Travis did a surprise audition on the 4th episode of So You Think You Can Dance - as "Danielle Chorizo"
[edit] Dance tours
Wall performs regularly with American Dance Artists, in Delmarva, as well as for Evolution, a Los Angeles based company. He has also toured with the New York City Dance Alliance (NYCDA).
[edit] Dance instruction
Wall teaches students Jazz and Contemporary at Nuvo, a dance convention that tours the nation.
Since So You Think You Can Dance, Wall has paired with fellow former contestant Ivan Koumaev to teach and perform around the United States. With NYCDA, the two have taught hip-hop classes together.
[edit] DVDs
Wall and Ivan Koumaev made a dance video in 2007 called Its About Time. It was made for the viewer's entertainment and is not an educational DVD.
[edit] Media
[edit] Publications
In February 2007, Travis was featured in a fashion/dance spread in movmnt magazine (which Tidwell co-founded). The following June, Wall interviewed Whoopi Goldberg for the magazine.[4]
Travis was featured in a book of photography, Moving Still: a Life Performance by David Benaym.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b Marshall, Lea (January 2007). "Winning Attitude" Dance Magazine. 81 (1):212-214
- ^ No byline (2006). "Travis Wall" Fox.com. Retrieved August 28, 2007
- ^ No byline. The Music Man Production Credits Ibdb.com. Retrieved May 19, 2008
- ^ Wall, Travis. movmnt magazine [online video]. "Whoopi Goldberg to Travis Wall: 'movement is everything!'"
- ^ Wall, Denise (2004). "2003 National Awards" DeniseWall.com. Retrieved August 28, 2007
[edit] Links
- traviswall.tv Official Web site
- Travis Wall's official MySpace page
- TravisWall-Online.Org Travis Wall fansite
- "So You Think You Can Dance" profile at fox.com
- denisewall.com Denise Wall Dance Energy dance studio
- Travis Wall page at the Internet Broadway Database
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