Savion Glover
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Savion Glover (born November 19, 1973 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor, tap dancer and choreographer. Glover is a graduate of the Newark Arts High School.
While a student at Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan, his teacher arranged an audition for him with Broadway choreographer Henry LeTang. This led to his Broadway debut at age 10 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.
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.
In 2004, 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 further challenged the norm, collaborating with a string chamber orchestra and his band.
His most recent credit is as the motion-capture dancer for Mumble, the penguin in the animated release Happy Feet.
He is now 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.
[edit] Trivia
- He studied under Gregory Hines.
- He is mentioned in the The Notorious B.I.G.'s song "Living In Pain" from the album Duets: The Final Chapter.
- He is featured in Kenny G's "Havana" music video.
- He was a regular on Sesame Street for five seasons.
- He is mentioned in the At the Drive-In song "Transatlantic Foe."
- In Chappelle's Show season 2 bloopers, his name is used as a slang term for PCP in the sketch with Wayne Brady.
- He is mentioned in the The Re-Up Gang's song "Cross the Border" from the album"We Got It 4 Cheap: Vol. 1 in a Pusha T line:
