Chelsea Latimer from social dance site JigTV.com got to spend some time talking with Travis Wall, runner-up in the 2006 season of So You Think You Can Dance. During the interview they talked about Wall’s beginnings in a dancing family, his career, and his future plans.

Wall is a contemporary dancer and dance choreographer who offers online dance lessons at JigTV.com. Travis spoke of his time on So You Think You Can Dance, saying “Honestly, it’s what every dancer could possibly imagine. It’s pretty awesome.” He pointed out that he great thing about the show is that the dancers are the stars, rather than being merely a part of the background. Travis mentioned that during the show’s followup tour the audience was screaming his name when he was dancing, a phenomenon most dancers never experience.

When asked about his favorite dance from the show, he said “The bench dance was definitely my favorite because it was the first time I did contemporary on the show, and I think people kinda didn’t know what I was about until I did that.” He also spoke of his appreciation for Wade Robson and Mia Micheals, two of the So You Think You Can Dance choreographers.

Travis Wall got his beginnings in his mother’s dance studio growing up. He said that even though it was tough on his family financially, it allowed him an exposure to dance from such a young age that he didn’t know where he would be otherwise. Chelsea asked Travis about taking over his mother’s studio one day, and he said that while it wasn’t something he wanted to do right away, he thinks he would eventually become more involved.

Wall spoke of dancing with his adopted brother Danny Tidwell, indicating that he had always looked up to Danny as the kind of dancer he wanted to be. It was cool for Travis to have Danny come into So You Think You Can Dance in the 2007 season, also achieving runner-up position.

Wall ended by saying he thought that dancers should look for inspiration wherever they could, “Just keep renewing yourself. If you get bored with one thing, find a way to make it happy. You always have to find that new energy in life that’s going to keep you going.”

To watch the full interview, check out JigTV.com.

Michelle Latimer
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