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HUNCH presents: Tap Tap: from 2 & 4, to 0s & 1s by Travis Knights
Created, written and performed by Travis Knights
Dancer, Travis Knights explores themes of meaning, connection and community in a technologically advanced society using Tap Dance as the staging ground for the expedition. Knights is an accomplished Dancer with a stubborn passion for Tap. This show will have you bobbing your head on the 2 and 4 as an affirmation of our collective genius.
About Travis Knights:
Tap Dancer. Musician. Performer. Host. Creator. Montreal native Travis Knights is realizing his dreams, pounding rhythms on wood floors all over the world. His talent and dedication have earned him audiences in Shanghai, Dusseldorf, Paris, New York, and Vancouver to name a few. His career started in 2000, when he was cast as a principal dancer in the motion picture biography of Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson with Gregory Hines and Savion Glover. The film, entitled 'Bojangles' was choreographed by the legendary Henry LeTang.
In 2006, he was tapped to be the principal dancer in the video game adaptation of Warner Brother's 'Happy Feet'. In 2007 and 2008, Travis participated extensively as a Tap Dance consultant for Cirque du Soleil.
He was a featured Tap Dancer in the Opening Ceremonies to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. In the same year he toured North America with the raucous and rowdy internationally acclaimed Australian Tap Dance show, Tap Dogs.
From 2010 to 2013, Travis jumped into the professional dance company world as a principal dancer with Tapestry Dance Company in Austin, Texas. During his time there he was awarded the Austin Critic's Table Award for best dance artist in 2011 and 2013. In 2014, he embarked on a self-produced world tour, filming his web series entitled รข€™The Interviews' featuring celebrated pioneers in the tap dance world.
In 2018, he worked once again with Cirque du Soleil in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum. Later that year, he acted as the Artistic Director for the 2018 Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival.
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Presented as part of the inaugural edition of HUNCH, a festival dedicated entirely to the celebration of solo performance in its various forms.
More info at hunchfest.com
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LocationThe Red Gate Revue Stage (View)
1601 Johnston St
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
Canada
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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