Name: Guest Coach Travis Tuft
Start: 2024-07-23T09:00:00-07:00
Location: Fred Astaire Dance Studios - Paradise Valley

Join us on Tuesday, July 23rd as we welcome guest coach Travis Tuft! For more information and to purchase tickets, call our studio at 602-493-3003 or visit our website: https://www.fredastaire.com/paradise-valley/contact/
About Travis:
Travis was born in Nampa, Idaho which is about 30 minutes outside of Boise. His family sold the farm when he was 14; afterward, Travis began working with his brothers mowing lawns and landscaping. In that same year, a couple from BYU started offering social dance classes for youth in the area. The following year Travis’ teachers, Shae and Perry Taylor, encouraged him to attend a ballroom dance summer camp at BYU-Idaho. The last year of attending summer camps, Travis was given an invitation to be a part of a competitive formation team in Utah. So, Travis moved to Pleasant Grove, Utah to dance on PG’s Ballroom team. The team experience there pushed Travis to improve tremendously, mostly due to his coaches John and Julie Peterson. His hard work at Pleasant Grove earned him a scholarship at Brigham Young University. At this point of Travis’ life, he wasn’t sure how much longer he would continue to dance. So far, dance had been just a hobby for him. His plan had been to go to school and get an education to get a good job, the only thing is he didn’t quite know what that job was. The only subject that seemed to keep his attention was dance. Throughout college, Travis continued to dance for the formation team where he had many great experiences and opportunities. The success and encouragement Travis and his partner Jaimee had as amateurs led them to take the leap into the professional field and continue their journey together in New Jersey.