Travis Knights

2024 Program Artist

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A photograph of Travis Knights. He is a Black man with dark skin, bald, with light facial hair. He is sitting on a wooden stool. He is wearing all dark blue: jeans, a vest, and a patterned dress shirt. He is smiling, and looking at the camera with one foot kicked up and both arms bent at the elbow. In the background is a brown wooden piano and a brown and red brick wall.

Travis Knights is a Tap Dancer.

Born in Montreal, Canada, Travis was introduced to the rich oral tradition of Tap by his teacher Ethel Bruneau at age 10. He went on to travel the world spreading his love of rhythm across 4 continents, touring with Tap Dogs, Tapestry Dance Company, and the self-produced Tap Love Tour. He was the 2020 recipient of the Jaqueline Lemieux Prize for outstanding contribution to dance in Canada. In December 2021, in partnership with dance Immersion, Travis, along with renowned Tap Dancer Lisa LaTouche, created and directed Legacy Series: Tap Dance Symposium which aimed to re-introduce Tap Dance to the local Black community in Toronto. In 2022,

Travis toured 4 international cities with Anandam Dance Theatre’s Ephemeral Artifacts, won a Dora Award for Outstanding Performance in Dance Immersion’s Tap Legacy Concert, and became a Slaight Family Music Associate at Soulpepper. He currently lives in Brampton, Ontario and hosts The Tap Love Tour Podcast, available on spotify, soundcloud and apple podcasts, featuring interviews of a myriad of inspiring tap dance artists.

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