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Young Savion
*Newark, NJ
*Mother was a singer
*Youngest Newark Community School of the Arts
*Seven Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan
*The age of 12, Savion took an understudy turned lead role in the Broadway play “The Tap Dance Kid” in 1985. -
That Tap Dance Kid
December 21, 1983 running until March 11, 1984 Resuming March 27,1984 closing in August 11, 1985 running 669 times. Directed - Vivian Matalon ( British ) Choreographer - Danny Daniels. Glover played Willie, a 10-year-old boy who has a passion for dance but faces problems with his opposing father. -
TAP
TAP : THE MOVIE Tap Legend - Gregory Hines
Entertainer - Sammy Davis Jr. Gregory Hines said, “In my humble estimation, he’s the greatest tap dancer to ever lace up a pair of Capezios or any other tap shoes” . . . . "was doing things as a dancer at 10 that I couldn't do until I was 25. He has steps, speed, clarity and an invention that no one else ever had. He's redefined the art form." -
Television Debut
Sesame Street "I like to do positive things, to be thought of as a positive model, someone kids can relate to, that grown-ups can relate to.”- USA TODAY -
Bring in Da' Noise , Bring in Da' Funk
BRING IN DA' NOISE, BRING IN DA' FUNK Premiered as an off-Broadway performance on November 3, 1995 closing January 1996 after 85 performances Moved To Broadway : Ambassador Theatre on April 25 1996 closing after 1135 performances January 1999. -
Bring in Da' Noise , Bring in Da' Funk
" An explosive and bravely literal-minded chronicle of the genre's history from slavery to the present. The music is beautiful and the dancing exuberant, but Funk is serious business, with vicious, funny send-ups of Uncle Tomism in Hollywood." - New York Times -
Happy Feet
But in 2006, Glover took on another role as choreographer and motion capture for lead character Mumbles in both animated films, Happy Feet and Happy Feet 2. -
HooFeRzCLuB
The HooFeRzCLuB School for Tap in his hometown, Newark, New Jersey. Glover has set out to restore tap dancing, reclaiming the rhythm that he feels as if was lost
