Savion Glover Biography

With his hard-hitting tap and improvised choreography that included elements from jazz, hip-hop, be-bop, and world music, Savion Glover rocked the dance world in the late 1980s. With his role in "Black and Blue," he is among the youngest men nominated for a Tony Award. At twelve, Glover debuted on Broadway as the lead in "The Tap Dancing Child." He performed in "Jelly's Last Jam" on Broadway alongside Gregory Hines and toured with the production. Glover appeared in the 1988 movie Tap with Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr., A current series regular on Sesame Street; he has also made appearances in Dancing in America: Tap! with Hines and Tommy Tune for PBS and Nickelodeon, The Academy Awards, and the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. Moreover, Glover danced a Kennedy Center Honors tribute to the Nicholas Brothers for CBS. For his dancing and choreography in the Broadway smash-hit "Bring In Da Noize, Bring In Da Funk," which had a successful international tour in 2002, Glover earned the Tony award in 1996. In addition to the Moulin Rouge, Lincoln Center, the Smithsonian Institution, Carnegie Hall, and the White House, Glover has performed in concert venues worldwide. The youngest recipient of an Endowment Grant for Choreography in NEA history, he created a piece for the Washington Society for the Performing Arts in collaboration with the organization. "Black and Blue" is among the additional Broadway credits. Savion Glover's Nu York, an ABC TV special, featured him. The Spike Lee movie Bamboozled is among the other honors. He founded the dancing group NYOTs (Not Your Ordinary Tappers) in 1997, and with them, he appeared on the 1997 ABC Monday Night Football opener and the PBS show Savion Glover's Stomp, Slide and Swing: In Performance at the White House.

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