1. Daniel Arnold Tidwell was an American dancer and actor best known for being the runner-up on Fox's third season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2007.
33 Facts About Danny Tidwell
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Danny Tidwell began dancing as a child, at first focusing on jazz before changing to ballet while attending Kirov Academy of Ballet at the age of fifteen.
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Danny Tidwell worked in elite companies, including the American Ballet Theatre.
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Danny Tidwell performed the works of renowned choreographers, including Debbie Allen, William Forsythe and Mia Michaels.
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Danny Tidwell was Travis Wall's brother, a runner-up of the second season of So You Think You Can Dance.
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Danny Tidwell was the artistic director of Movmnt Magazine and was a soloist dancer with Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo.
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Danny Tidwell died on March 6,2020, from injuries sustained in a car crash.
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Danny Tidwell was born in Norfolk, Virginia and raised in nearby Virginia Beach.
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Danny Tidwell started dancing at the age of eight in an after-school program for at-risk youth.
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Danny Tidwell found out that the boy would often walk part or all of the ten miles home after dance class, had little adult supervision outside of the studio, and, at one point, had not been registered in school for months.
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Danny Tidwell lived with his biological mother and two sisters until he was ten, before moving in with Wall; she officially took custody of Tidwell when he was twelve years old.
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Danny Tidwell set the goal to attend the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC and, at the age of fifteen, he was invited to study at Kirov on scholarship.
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Danny Tidwell began receiving high-level classical ballet training with Vladimir Djouloukhadze and Anatoli Kucheruk, at first to improve his jazz dance.
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Danny Tidwell had a two-month stint at the School of American Ballet, where he found both the teachers and students unaccepting and remote.
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In 2002, Danny Tidwell submitted his audition tape to participate in the prestigious, quadrennial USA International Ballet Competition.
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Danny Tidwell was invited to compete, and went on to receive the silver medal.
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Just two months later, Danny Tidwell joined the Studio Company - without an audition - and soon after, in May 2003, he was promoted into their corps de ballet just before the ABT's 2003 season began at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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Danny Tidwell performed many works in the classical ballet repertory, and although only a corps member, he was given soloists roles in Le Spectre de la Rose and the peasant pas de deux from Giselle.
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Danny Tidwell was a company member of the ABT's 2003 production of the Swan Lake that was later broadcast on the program Great Performances: Dance in America and released on DVD.
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Danny Tidwell left the ABT in 2004, shocking the dance world and those who knew him.
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Danny Tidwell performed contemporary works by choreographers Nacho Duato, Jiri Killian, William Forsythe, Kirk Peterson and Robert Hill.
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In 2005, Danny Tidwell was featured as one of Dance Magazine's 25 to Watch and Pointe Magazine's Top 10 VIP.
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Danny Tidwell was a guest principal dancer in Ballet Lubbock's Nutcracker in December 2005.
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Danny Tidwell served as the magazine's Artistic Advisor, and he eventually posed for the cover in the Spring 2008 issue along with former SYTYCD contestant Sabra Johnson.
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In 2006, Danny Tidwell joined Complexions Contemporary Ballet for a season under the direction of company founders Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson.
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In June 2007, based on his New York City audition, Danny Tidwell was asked directly to Las Vegas callbacks without a second audition.
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However, Danny Tidwell had yet another successful solo, and consequently moved on.
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Danny Tidwell then was partnered with Lacey Schwimmer, Sara Von Gillern, and Lauren Gottlieb without ever being "in danger" again.
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Danny Tidwell eventually made it to the final four contestants, placing him in the finale.
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Danny Tidwell appeared on the February 2008 cover of movmnt magazine, with Sabra Johnson, as part of an article about "Keep It Real", the magazine's non-profit organization.
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In September 2009, Danny Tidwell had his Broadway debut as a castmember in Memphis.
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Danny Tidwell performed in April 2010 on Dancing with the Stars with New York City Ballet principal, Tiler Peck, on a piece choreographed by Travis Wall.
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Danny Tidwell died as a result of a car accident in Georgia, on March 6,2020.