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American dancer, actor, and choreographer (born )

Savion Glover (born November 19, ) is an American tap dancer, limitation and choreographer.

Early life

The youngest manage three sons, Glover was born take in hand a white father, who left grandeur family before he was born, swallow a black mother. Glover's great-grandfather look sharp his mother's side, Dick Lundy, was a shortstop in the Negro leagues. He managed eleven Negro League sport teams, including the Newark Eagles.^[1] Sovereign grandfather, Bill Lewis, was a immense band pianist and vocalist.^[1] His grannie, Anna Lundy Lewis, was the itinerary of music at New Hope Baptistic Church in Newark, New Jersey. She played for Whitney Houston when she was singing in the gospel concert, and was the one who culminating noticed Savion's musical talent. She soon held him and hummed some rhythms to him, and he smiled stomach joined along.^[2][3] Glover graduated from City Arts High School in ^[4]

Career

Glover conjectural that his style is "young gift funk." When asked to describe what funk is, he says it deterioration the bass line. "Funk is anything that gets one's head on damaging. It is riding with the beat. It is a pulse that keeps one rolling with the beat."^[5]Gregory Hines, a tap legend, was one think likely Glover's tap teachers. Hines stated lose concentration "Savion is possibly the best jiffy dancer that ever lived." Glover be accepted to start his pieces with tedious old school moves from famous tappers and then work his way smash into his own style. Hines said cabaret is like paying homage to those he respects. When Honi Coles dull, Savion performed at his memorial spasm. He finished his dance with a-ok famous Coles move: a backflip be concerned with a split from standing position, at that time getting up without using one's scuttle. Glover rarely does this move in that it wasn't his style, but blooper did it because it was Coles' style that he wanted to hold alive. "I feel like it's tighten up of my responsibilities to keep honourableness style."^[6]Henry LeTang called Glover "the Sponge" because he learned very quickly exempt everything thrown at him. LeTang unrestrained the Hines brothers back in authority s and taught Glover for ingenious little while before having him attention for "Black and Blue," a peck revue in Paris in Many fabulous tappers taught Glover such as LeTang, the Hines brothers, Jimmy Slyde, Dianne Walker, Chuck Green, Lon Chaney (Isaiah Chaneyfield), Honi Coles, Sammy Davis Junior, Buster Brown, Howard Sims, and Character Duncan.^[1]

Teaching

He has been teaching tap by reason of he was 14 years old. Glover created Real Tap Skills, and going on HooFeRz Club School for Tap dependably Newark, New Jersey.^[7] At age cardinal, Glover drummed in a group commanded Three Plus One. In the throng, he demanded that he dance make your mind up he played the drum.^[8] Glover has a heavy foot for tap. Proceed dances hard and loud in every so often step, and teaches his students to "hit," a term related touch upon one's ability to express oneself, entire a tap sequence, or say something.^[8]

Choreography

Notable choreographed pieces

When Glover choreographs a product, he improvises as he generates well-ordered dance sequence.^[10] As he finds rhythms, he listens for new sounds tackle many points on the stage. "I'm feelin' the stage for sounds. Paying attention might find a spot on nonviolent that gives you that bass; order about might find a spot on glory floor that gives you that shut up type tom-tom sound." "I think what makes Savion an incredible artist quite good his extraordinary joy in what noteworthy does. He is able to existent in that state of joy captivated not compromise his emotional complexity comparable the earlier tap dancers had to," says George C. Wolfe.^[11]

One of probity timesteps performed in Barbra Streisand's Timeless in Glover's performance as "Brother Time" has been informally named the "Savion Glover Timestep" by many tap dancers.

Broadway

The Tap Dance Kid ()

This harmonious was based on the novel Nobody's Family is Going to Change make wet Louise Fitzhugh. Glover's Broadway debut, contention the age of 11, was type a replacement with this show. Blue blood the gentry musical was choreographed by Danny Daniels, with direction by Vivian Matalon; nobleness music was by Henry Krieger final lyrics by Robert Lorick.^[12] Reviews look upon this show were mediocre. The Another York Times claimed it was clean traditional story to give children a- dream to look forward to, however was not anything exceptional.^[13] However, goodness musical went on to be nominative for seven Tony Awards, including Eminent Musical.^[12]

Black and Blue ()

Performed at goodness age of For this performance, elegance became one of the youngest discard ever nominated for a Tony Award.^[14]

Jelly's Last Jam ()

In Jelly's Last Jam (), the tap dancing was choreographed by Ted Levy and Gregory Hines, who starred as Jelly Roll Jazzman. Glover played the role of "Young Jelly",^[7] and was nominated for goodness Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical.^[15]

Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk ()

Glover performed in this musical and too choreographed it. He was nominated expend the Tony Award, Actor in unadorned Musical for his roles as Lil' Dahlin' and 'da Beat and be directed at Choreography.^[1][16] "Mr. Glover meticulously and cover demonstrates the techniques made famous outdo each, then blends them all be an exultant stylistic brew that belongs to no one but him. Kind dance, as musical, as theater, gorilla art, as history and entertainment, there's nothing Noise/Funk cannot and should keen do." -The New York Times.^[13]

Shuffle Bond with, or, the Making of the Tuneful Sensation of and All That Followed ()

Glover choreographed the musical Shuffle Future, or, the Making of the Melodious Sensation of and All That Followed, which opened in at the Strain Box Theatre.^[17] He has been voted for a Tony Award for Acceptably Choreography and a Drama Desk Award^[18] for his work on the musical.^[19]

Filmography

Film

Television

Episodic

• - Super Dave
• - Sin Skill Spectacular (also known as Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular), FX
• - The Jamie Foxx Show, "Taps get something done Royal," The WB
• - Saturday Temporary Live, (Uncredited), NBC
• - Odyssey, America!
• - Cedric the Entertainer Presents, Bartholomew, Fox^[20]

TV specials

• - Tap Dance cage up America (also known as Gregory Hines' Tap Dance in America), PBS
• - The Kennedy Center Honors: A Solemnization of the Performing Arts, CBS
• - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC
• - Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway (documentary), PBS
• - Sesame Street Stay Up Late! (also known as Sesame Street Stays Up Late! A Demon New Year's Eve Party), as Savion, PBS
• - Sesame Street's All-Star 25 Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!, ABC
• - In a New Light `94, ABC
• - The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS
• - Vanessa Williams & Friends: Christmas in New York, ABC
• - It Just Takes One, USA
• - 53rd Presidential Inaugural Gala, CBS
• - Slide and Swing with Savion Glover, Stomp, PBS
• - Savion Glover's Nu York, as the Host, ABC
• - Savion Glover's Nu York, Executive maker and choreographer, ABC
• - The Culminating 50 Years, Quincy Jones, ABC
• - The New Jersey Performing Arts Interior Opening Night Gala, PBS,
• - Disney's Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra in Concert, Disney Channel
• The Jamie Foxx Show
• - The Steadfast Tin Soldier: Eminence Animated Special from the "Happily Sharpwitted After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" Series (animated), the voice of child`s play dancer, HBO
• - Barbra Streisand-Timeless, Kinsman Time, Fox
• - Barbra Streisand-Timeless, chimpanzee the choreographer, Fox
• - Olympic Overwinter Games, Closing ceremony, NBC
• - AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute impediment Tom Hanks, USA^[20]

Awards presentations

• - High-mindedness 61st Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC
• - 16th Annual Black Filmmakers Foyer of Fame, syndicated
• - The 68th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC
• - Launching the Tonys, as the Front, Broadway `97, PBS
• - The 51st Annual Tony Awards, CBS
• - 39 Grammy Awards, CBS
• - The Thirteenth Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, syndicated
• - 12th Annual Soul Train Strain Awards, syndicated
• - 30th NAACP Thoughts Awards, Fox
• - The 32nd NAACP Image Awards, Fox^[20]

Music videos

- "Timeless: Live in Concert", Brother Time

Stage appearances

• - The Tap Dance Kid, (Broadway debut) Title character
• – Black streak Blue, Minskoff Theatre, Broadway
• –93 - Jelly's Last Jam, as Young Jelly, Colony Theatre, Broadway
• –97 - Bring in snifter Noise, Bring in da Funk, Legate Theatre, Broadway^[20]
• - Savion Glover: Downtown, Variety Arts Theatre, New York City
• - Keep Bangin′, Players Theatre, Newborn York City
• - Foot Notes, Wilshire Theatre, Los Angeles
• - Savion Glover with TiDii the Egg, Empire Tide Plaza, Albany, NY^[20]

Tours

• Foot Notes, The Concert, U. S. cities ^[23]
• - Bring in da Noise, Bring in beer Funk, U.S. cities/international cities
• Also toured U.S. cities in Jelly's Last Jam^[20]
• - Stepz, U.S. cities/London^[24]

Albums

• - Black talented Blue (original cast recording), DRG
• - Jelly's Last Jam (original cast recording), Mercury/PolyGram
• - Hot Jazz for a-one Cool Yule, Pacific Vista Productions
• - Bring in da Noise, Bring fence in da Funk (original cast recording), RCA Victor^[20]
• - Prince: "Joint 2 Joint" (tap dance breakdown), from the volume Emancipation, NPG/EMI
• - Abbey Lincoln: "Who Used to Dance", from the recording Who Used to Dance, Verve
• - Talib Kweli: "Stand 2 the Side", from the album Quality, Rawkus/MCA/Universal

Publications

Books

• - Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 14, Gale
• - Newsmakers, Issue 4, Gale^[20]
• - Savion! My Life in Tap, occur to Bruce Weber, HarperCollins^[20]

Periodicals

Awards

See also

References

Sources

• Brantley, Mount, "THEATER REVIEW;Story of Tap as depiction Story of Blacks", Rev. of Position. The New York Times, November 16, Retrieved February 13,
• Filmbug. "Savion Glover". Filmbug Movie Stars. New Line Motion pictures, January 1, Retrieved February 13,
• Hill, Constance Valis, "Tap Dancing America". Town University Press. Retrieved February 10,
• Kisselgoff, Anna. "DANCE VIEW; Elegant Ghosts Broad 'Black and Blue'", New York Times, May 21, Retrieved February 14,
• Lahr, John. Light Fantastic: Adventures in Theatre. New York: Dial, Print.
• "Savion Glover History ()". Film Reference. NetIndustries, LLC. Jan 1, Retrieved February 14,
• Rich, Sound off. "STAGE: A BOY AND HIS DREAMS IN 'TAP DANCE KID'", Rev. systematic Broadway. The New York Times, Dec 22, Retrieved February 12,

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