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• Savion Glover is an dancer, choreographer, producer and television and film actor.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: November 19, 1973
  2. Birth place: Newark, New Jersey
  3. Graduated from Newark Arts High School
  4. Was a student at Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan
  5. Auditioned for Henry LeTang, a Broadway choreographerThe Guardian: Henry LeTang Obituary
  6. Performed in a motion-capture bodysuit to portray the lead penguin in Happy Feet
  7. Appeared on the September 26, 2007 Dancing With The Stars results show
  8. Used to tap in cowboy bootsIMDb: Savion Glover Biography
  9. Trained by Michael BlevinsIMDb: Savion Glover Biography
  10. 2007: Took part in If Trane Wuz Here with Reg E. Gaines and Matana RobertsBroadway World: If Trane Wuz Here

• Acting Credits

  • Louis Simms in Tap (1989)
  • Chili in Shangri-La Plaza (1990)
  • Savion on Sesame Street (1990-1995)
  • Savion on A Musical Celebration (1994)
  • Bracey Mitchell on The Wall (1998)
  • Sin City Spectacular
  • The Jamie Foxx Show (1999)
  • Manray/Mantan in Bamboozled (2000)
  • Newcomer on Bojangles (2001)
  • Bartholomew on Cedric the Entertainer Presents (2003)

• Quotes

  "My style is young. Funk. I feel like it's one of my responsibilities to keep the dance alive, to keep it out there, to keep the style."—Savion Glover on his tap dancing style.IMDb: Savion Glover Biography

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  Gregory Hines | Tap Dance | Happy Feet

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