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.

Program

Sounding Time: An Introduction to Tap Dance and Jazz Culture

This program will take place in the Middle Room of the Roncesvalles United Church. Internationally recognized and award winning Tap Dance artist, Travis Knights will share his passion of jazz culture, and its history as a language that transcends the spoken word and rhythm. Through the lens of jazz history from the Harlem Renaissance, Travis […]

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date and time

November 17

2:00pm – 3:30pm

A photograph of Travis Knights performing on stage. He is a Black man with dark skin, bald, with light facial hair. He is wearing a black suit and tap shoes. He is smiling, with his head back, fingers snapping, and legs crossed in motion. A white man, bald and wearing a black suit, is playing a double bass in the background. Also in the background is a Black man, with short dreads and wearing a black suit, sitting on a stool and playing a trumpet.
Travis Knights performing. Photography: ES Cheah.

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