Travis Wall
Travis Wall | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 16, 1987 |
| Nationality | Unites States |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer Dance instructor |
| Relatives | Danny Tidwell |
| Website | http://www.traviswall.tv http://www.myspace.com/hardassbitch |
Travis Wall (born September 16, 1987 in Virginia Beach, Virginia) is an American dance teacher, and specializes in contemporary. His best known role was a competitor in Fox's second season of So You Think You Can Dance 2006 competition. In 2007, his adopted brother, Danny Tidwell, was also the runner-up of the third season of the show.
Biography
"I was born into the studio and all I really know is dance."
Travis Wall (Dance Magazine, 2007)[1]
Travis Wall began dancing at the age of three, training at his mother's studio, Denise Wall's Dance Energy. They also competed a lot at conventions.[2] His professional career officially started at the age of nine when he appeared in a popular Dr. Pepper commercial. By twelve, he started a two-year run in The Music Man on Broadway.[1][2]
Wall performs regularly with American Dance Artists, in Delmarva, as well as for Evolution, a Los Angeles based company. He also tours all year long with New York City Dance Alliance, for which he won several titles.[citation needed]
At the age of 18, he 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 Fall 2006, Wall toured across the United States with the top 10 dancers of the So You Think You Can Dance competition. Wall's adopted brother, Danny Tidwell, was the runner-up for Season Three. They have both been trained by their mother, Denise Wall.[1] Travis was featured in a book of photography, Moving Still: a Life Performance by David Benaym*
Since So You Think You Can Dance, Wall has paired with former fellow contestant, Ivan Koumaev, to teach and perform around the United States, reinventing his own movement.[citation needed] Travis and Ivan made a dance video in 2007 called, "Its About Time". It was made for the viewer's entertainment and is not an educational DVD. They also have teamed up with beatboxer Blake Lewis, who was runner-up on Season Six of American Idol, and will be collaborating with him.[citation needed]
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.[3]
Awards
Footnotes
- ^ a b c Marshall, Lea (January 2007). "Winning Attitude" Dance Magazine. 81 (1):212-214
- ^ a b No byline (2006). "Travis Wall" Fox.com. Retrieved August 28, 2007
- ^ 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
External links
- traviswall.tv Travis Wall's official website
- hardassbitch, Wall's official MySpace page
- So You Think You Can Dance profile, at fox.com
- denisewall.com, Wall's mother's studio, Denise Wall Dance Energy
- Travis Wall Online, Travis Wall Online Fansite