SAVION GLOVER’s BIO:
Tony Award-winning tap virtuoso Savion Glover is considered a national treasure and an ambassador of his art form. He has been called “the greatest tap dancer that ever lived” by Gregory Hines, and has been widely credited with revolutionizing tap dance.
A 1996 Tony Award winner for his choreography in the Broadway hit “Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk,” Glover also garnered the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award for choreography, two Obie Awards and two Fred Astaire Awards, along with the Dance Magazine Choreographer of the Year Award, for his work on the musical.
Glover’s career began when he starred in the hit Broadway show “Tap Dance Kid” at the age of 12. He made his film debut a year later in Tap with Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr. On television, he was a series regular on Sesame Street for five seasons and was featured in Kenny G’s video “Havana” and in Puff Daddy and the Family’s video for “All About the Benjamins.” His most recent credits include serving as the motion-capture dancer for George Miller’s animated hit film “Happy Feet.”
Glover executed, produced and choreographed the ABC special “Savion Glover’s Nu York,” while also starring in the Showtime movie “The Wall” and choreographing the HBO movie “The Rat Pack.” Glover is the choreographer of the award-winning Nike “Free Style” ads, as well as a star of Spike Lee’s feature film “Bamboozled.” Glover has recently been touring in his production, “Classical Savion,” an exhilarating performance of tap dancing to classical favorites by Bach, Vivaldi, Shostakovich and others.
“His stamina was unflagging, his energy unquenchable and his virtuosity unbeatable…sequences resembled bursts of firecrackers.”
- The New York Times
“An artistically fearless tap dancer. The guy is a genius”
- The Seattle Times
“He’s our very own legend, a genius of our time”
- Star-Ledger
“Glover can keep a vast auditorium spellbound”
- San Francisco Chronicle
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