Dwain Travis, Founding Company Member (He/ Him)

Dwain is a Houston native and began training at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington DC at age 12. His professional career began with BAHBT in South Houston, where he spent four years as Principal and Artist in Residence under Luis Fuente and Lynette Mason Gregg. Other credits include: Houston Ballet, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, the Joffrey Ballet's JKO School, the Harid Conservatory, and Nunamaana Immersive Dance Theatre. In 2017, Dwain joined Houston Met Dance, where he performed works from Mario Zambrano, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, and Dominic Walsh among others. In 2018, he co-founded and directed Juxtapose Arts Collective in South Houston. His first piece of choreography, Dearly Departed, was selected for the RDA/SW Dance Festival and the 2010 Craft of Choreography Conference, and further awarded the RDA Choreography Connection Grant. His second piece, Pulse, was chosen for the 2012 RDA National Festival in Montreal, Canada. Other choreographic credits include: Barnstorm Dance Fest (2016), Austin Dance Project (2016 & 2017), blank/SLATE (2018 & 2019), and Houston Choreographers X6 (2019). Currently Dwain is a proud company member of Houston Contemporary Dance Company as well as a guest artist with Prokop_Theory Dance. As a founding member of HCDC (2019), Dwain has worked with choreographers like Peter Chu, Keerati Jinakunwiphat, Norbert De Le Cruz III, and Yin Yue - among others - and has had the opportunity to tour to the Red Rock Dance Festival, St Louis Contemporary Dance Festival, and Austin Dance Festival. He is excited to be entering his 7th season with the company! @dwizzlestick