Savion Glover
(born 19 November 1973) is an American actor, tap dancer and choreographer. Glover is a graduate of the Newark Arts High School. [1]
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Biography
Born in
Newark, New Jersey, while a student at Broadway Dance Center in
Manhattan, Glover's teacher arranged an audition for him with
Broadway choreographer Henry LeTang. This led to his Broadway debut at age 12 in
The Tap Dance Kid
. He made his film debut in 1989's
Tap
co-starring with
Gregory Hines and
Sammy Davis, Jr. In 1990, he joined the cast of the
children's television series Sesame Street
and stayed on the show until 1995. He came to prominence in 1996, starring in the
George C. Wolfe-produced musical
Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
. He also starred in
Spike Lee's 2000 film
Bamboozled
. He also appeared with Barbra Streisand in her "Timeless" tour, and appears on the New Years Eve 1999/2000 DVD of this show.
Glover also appeared on Episode 15 of
Cedric The Entertainer Presents "Tap Dawgs Returns".
In 2003, Glover appeared on the DVD
The One
, a 40-minute retrospective look at the career of pop legend
Michael Jackson, which was originally intended to air as a special called
Number Ones
in November 2003, to coincide with the release of Jackson's Greatest Hits package of the same name. The show was postponed after Jackson's arrest.
thumb in
Washington, D.C.
In 2007, Glover partnered with spoken word artist
Reg E. Gaines and saxophonist
Matana Roberts in a
John Coltrane-inspired improvisation session,
If Trane Wuz Here
. In 2005, he collaborated with a string chamber orchestra and his band.
His most recent credit is as co-choreographer and central motion-capture dancer for the role of the penguin
Mumble, the main character in the animated release
Happy Feet
.
He is currently in a production called "Classical Savion", where he taps to classical pieces played by a chamber string group. The show jazzes and blues it up a bit towards the end adding drums and a pianist.
Minnesota rapper
P.O.S. had a track entitled "Savion Glover" on his 2009 album
Never Better.
References
- A Brief History