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Full Name:	Travis Wall
Date of Birth:	September 16, 1987
Place of Birth:	September 16, 1987
Mother:	Denise Wall
Brother(s):	Danny Wall
Claim to Fame:	Reaching the final 4 contestants on Fox's dance show - So You Think You Can Dance

• Meet the Men of "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 5

  After Elton - Found Jun. 9, 2009 ... they can assemble dancers talented enough to stack up against previous season standouts such as Travis Wall, Danny Tidwell, Neil Haskell, and...

• Lil' Kim & Ty Murray court elimination in Week 9 of 'Dancing with ...

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• Dancing with the Stars Results ? Yes, I?m still watching!

  Examiner.com - Found May. 6, 2009 I realize there are two kids out there from ?So You Think You Can Dance?, Travis Wall and Nick Lazzarini.

• Dancing with the Stars Week 9: One more couple goes home leaving 4 ...

  Examiner.com - Found May. 5, 2009 One of the guys looked like he may have been a past contestant from So You Think You Can Dance, Travis Wall, but they never had a clear enough...

• Local misses top 20 on Fox dance show

  Virginian Pilot - Found Jun. 11, 2009 ... make the show, however, Tyson will join the list of local dancers who have competed on ?Dance.? Travis Wall was the runner-up on Season 2...

• (1:26 p.m.) Threefoot festival winners announced

  Meridian Star - Found Apr. 21, 2009 2nd Jamie Shelby, West Lauderdale; 3rd Travis Wall, West Lauderdale. 5th-8th grades ? 1st James Gibson, Southeast;

• (1:26 p.m.) Threefoot festival winners announced

  Meridian Star - Found Apr. 21, 2009 2nd Jamie Shelby, West Lauderdale; 3rd Travis Wall, West Lauderdale. 5th-8th grades ? 1st James Gibson, Southeast;

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Travis Michael Wall
Born	September 16, 1987 (1987-09-16) (age 21) Virginia Beach, Virginia
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Dancer Dance instructor
Known for	So You Think You Can Dance : Season 2
Relatives	Danny Tidwell
Website http://www.traviswall.tv http://www.myspace.com/hardassbitch

Travis Michael Wall (born September 16, 1987, Virginia Beach, Virginia), an American dancer and dance instructor specializing in contemporary dance and hip-hop. 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. Among other pursuits, he is currently a choreographer for the show.

Contents 1 Personal 2 Career 2.1 Early career 2.2 "So You Think You Can Dance" 2.3 Post-SYTYCD 2.4 Dance tours 2.5 Dance instruction 2.6 DVDs 3 Media 3.1 Publications 3.2 Films 4 Awards 5 Footnotes 6 Links

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

Career

Early career

His professional career officially started at the age of nine when he appeared in a popular Dr. Pepper commercial ³. 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/Winthrop Paroo understudy.⁴

"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 (SYTYCD), 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. People have said that Travis is one of the best contemporary dancers that has ever appeared on "So You Think You Can Dance."

For the routine, called 'Park Bench' set to Calling You by Celine Dion, which he danced with Heidi Groskreutz, Mia Michaels won an Emmy in Outstanding Choreography for 2007 ⁵

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.

Post-SYTYCD

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 Tidwell and many previous finalists of So You Think You Can Dance, performed during the second annual American Idol Idol Gives Back charity event on April 9, 2008. Nigel Lythgoe produces both shows.⁶

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".

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).

Dance instruction

Wall teaches students Contemporary at NUVO, a dance convention that tours the nation (www.gonuvo.com).

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.

Media

Publications

In February 2007, Wall was featured in a fashion/dance spread in movmnt magazine (which Tidwell co-founded). The following June, Wall interviewed Whoopi Goldberg for the magazine.⁷

Wall was featured in the photography book Moving Still: a Life Performance by David Benaym.

Films

Wall was in the 2008 Disney movie, Bedtime Stories (film) starring Adam Sandler, alongside SYTYCD season 3 contestant, Lacey Schwimmer.

Awards

• New York City Dance Alliance, 2003 National Teen Outstanding Dancer⁸ (video)

Footnotes

Links

• traviswall.tv Official Web site
• Travis Wall at MySpace
• Travis Wall at the Internet Movie Database
• 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
• Moving Still, a life performance - Site of the book featuring Wall

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