Guide Note

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 choreographer¹
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 boots²
9. Trained by Michael Blevins²
10. 2007: Took part in If Trane Wuz Here with Reg E. Gaines and Matana Roberts³

• Louis Simms in Tap (1989)
• Chili in Shangri-La Plaza (1990)
• Savion on Sesame Street (1990-1995)
• Savion on Sesame Street Jam: 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)

"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.²