{"id":7648,"date":"2026-01-29T15:19:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/?post_type=exhibition&#038;p=7648"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:26:27","slug":"travis-knights","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/fr\/exhibition\/travis-knights\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Knights - \nLes claquettes sont politiques : Bill Robinson et la Renaissance de Harlem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7648\" class=\"elementor elementor-7648\" data-elementor-post-type=\"exhibition\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88c68d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"88c68d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b2da54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b2da54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La danse \u00e0 claquettes a toujours port\u00e9 bien plus que du rythme.<\/p><p>Cette conf\u00e9rence-d\u00e9monstration utilise la danse \u00e0 claquettes comme une archive vivante pour explorer la mani\u00e8re dont les artistes noirs de la Renaissance de Harlem, en particulier Bill Robinson, ont mobilis\u00e9 le mouvement, le rythme et le charisme pour \u00e9voluer dans un monde fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 par le racisme et le contr\u00f4le. \u00c0 travers le r\u00e9cit et la performance en direct, elle \u00e9tablit un lien entre les claquettes du d\u00e9but du XXe si\u00e8cle, la repr\u00e9sentation des personnes noires et les politiques de la visibilit\u00e9.<\/p><p>Partenaires pr\u00e9sentateurs : <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/danceimmersion.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>dance <\/em>Immersion<\/strong><\/a> et le Mus\u00e9e canadien du th\u00e9\u00e2tre. En collaboration avec <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/dcd.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dance Collection Danse.<\/a><\/p><p>Cr\u00e9dit photo : Travis Knights, photo de Dahlia Katz.<\/p><p><strong>Travis Knights<\/strong> est danseur de claquettes. N\u00e9 \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, au Canada, Travis a \u00e9t\u00e9 initi\u00e9 \u00e0 la riche tradition orale des claquettes par son enseignante Ethel Bruneau \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 10 ans. Il a ensuite parcouru le monde pour partager son amour du rythme sur quatre continents, en tourn\u00e9e avec Tap Dogs, Tapestry Dance Company, Anandam Dance Theatre et avec sa propre tourn\u00e9e autoproduite, Tap Love Tour.\n\nEn 2020, il a re\u00e7u le prix Jacqueline Lemieux, qui souligne une contribution exceptionnelle \u00e0 la danse au Canada.\n\nEn d\u00e9cembre 2021, en partenariat avec Dance Immersion, Travis, aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre danseuse de claquettes Lisa LaTouche, a cr\u00e9\u00e9 et dirig\u00e9 Legacy Series: Tap Dance Symposium, un \u00e9v\u00e9nement visant \u00e0 r\u00e9introduire les claquettes aupr\u00e8s de la communaut\u00e9 noire locale \u00e0 Toronto.\n\nEn 2022, Travis a remport\u00e9 un prix Dora pour la performance exceptionnelle dans le concert Tap Legacy de Dance Immersion et est devenu Slaight Family Music Associate \u00e0 Soulpepper.\n\nEn 2024, la compagnie de production Tap Love Tour de Travis a lanc\u00e9 deux \u0153uvres majeures : un long m\u00e9trage documentaire intitul\u00e9 Restorative Culture: Johnathan Morin, ainsi qu\u2019une \u0153uvre chor\u00e9graphique originale de grande envergure, The Mars Project, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e en premi\u00e8re au festival Fall for Dance North.\n\nIl vit actuellement \u00e0 Brampton, en Ontario, et anime The Tap Love Tour Podcast, disponible sur Spotify, SoundCloud et Apple Podcasts (n\u2019oubliez pas de vous abonner), qui propose des entretiens avec une multitude d\u2019artistes inspirants du monde des claquettes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cette conf\u00e9rence-d\u00e9monstration utilise la danse \u00e0 claquettes comme une archive vivante pour explorer la mani\u00e8re dont les artistes noirs de la Renaissance de Harlem, en particulier Bill Robinson, ont mobilis\u00e9 le mouvement, le rythme et le charisme pour \u00e9voluer dans un monde fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 par le racisme et le contr\u00f4le. \u00c0 travers le r\u00e9cit et la performance en direct, elle \u00e9tablit un lien entre les claquettes du d\u00e9but du XXe si\u00e8cle, la repr\u00e9sentation des personnes noires et les politiques de la visibilit\u00e9.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":7649,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-7648","exhibition","type-exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Travis Knights \u2014 Tap Dance is Political: Bill Robinson and The Harlem Renaissance - Canada&#039;s Theatre Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/fr\/exhibition\/travis-knights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Travis Knights \u2014 Tap Dance is Political: Bill Robinson and The Harlem Renaissance - Canada&#039;s Theatre Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM. 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