Home > Choreographers > TRAVIS WALL
Bio:
Travis Wall began dancing at the age of three, training at his mother's studio, Denise Wall's Dance Energy. 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. He also teaches students Jazz and Contemporary at Nuvo, a convention that tours around the nation.
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, who has also trained Jamie Goodwin, a season 3 contestant. 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. With NYCDA (New York City Dance Alliance, they taught hip-hop classes together. 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.
In February 2007, Travis was featured in a fashion/dance spread in movmnt magazine (which Tidwell co-founded).
Travis danced on the October 16, 2007 Dancing with the Stars (US TV series) results show, in a piece choreographed by and starring Wade Robson.
