Savion Glover is one of the biggest names in the dance world, and perhaps the biggest in the tap world. The trailblazing hoofer’s hard-hitting, rhythmically intricate style has fundamentally altered the tap landscape. Glover is also a master teacher. But during his many years on the scene, he’s never appeared regularly at a major dance […]
Tony Award–winning tapper Savion Glover is giving back to his hometown community in Newark, New Jersey, by directing and choreographing New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s revival of the Broadway hit that launched his career, The Tap Dance Kid. September 13–15, you can see the group of young dancers Glover handpicked from throughout the New Jersey […]
Fred and Adele Astaire Here at DT, we love the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards. Established in 1982 in honor of the king of movie musicals Fred Astaire and his equally talented sister Adele, the Astaire Awards are the one awards event each year dedicated solely to the hoofers, bunheads, jazzerinas and choreographic geniuses making waves on Broadway, off […]
Glover in a recent performance of STePz at The Joyce Theater in New York. Dance Parade New York has announced Savion Glover as this year’s grand marshal. Held each year on a mid-May Saturday, the annual Dance Parade takes advantage of NYC’s diversity to celebrate dance in all its forms. Participants dance through lower Manhattan, […]
Speak with tap great Savion Glover for only a moment and you’ll immediately feel his reverence for the art form that is tap: “I recognized through the tap giants that I got to work with, like Dianne Walker, Jimmy Slyde, Gregory Hines and Buster Brown, that it was special for me to have been invited […]
Savion Glover is serious. Serious talent. Serious about upholding tap history. Serious about having a good time and making the audience feel joy. Serious is the only way to describe the man after seeing the second performance of his new show STePz at The Joyce Theater in New York on Wednesday night. With Marshall Davis […]