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Born
Born in Newark New Jersey
He was the youngest of three sons
Original name was Savior but was changed to Savion -
Drumming Lessons
Savion started drumming lessons but he was too advanced for his class. He then enrolled in Newark Community School of Arts where he got a full scholarship -
Band
Savion joined a band, Three Plus One, and started performing -
Benefit Concert
Savion met tapper Lon Chaney who told him to transfer his rhythm to his feet. Savion then signed up for his first tap lessons with John Fredo -
Broadway
At 11 Savion was cast as the lead in The Tap Dance Kid on Broadway choreographed by Henry Letang -
Heir to the young tap dancers
At 16 he returned to Broadway in Black and Blue. He was nominated as best actor in a musical -
Tap!
Savion Starred in Tap with his father figure and mentor Gregory Hines and his mentor Sammy Davis Jr. -
First Choreography
At 17 his work was showcased at the Apollo Theater -
Period: to
Sesame Street
Savion was regularly on the children's tv show -
Outstanding Youth Award
At 18 he received the Martin Luther King Outstanding Youth Award -
National Endowment for the Art's Grant
At 19 he was the youngest recipient for his choreography -
Jelly Roll
At 19 he played a young "Jelly Roll" Morton. The battle scene between Savion and Gregory Hines as mainly improvised and helped Savion to get nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical -
Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk
At 23 he directed and stared in this Broadway Debut. This production won 4 Tony awards and 2 Drama Desk awards -
Reawakening
At 25 Savion is credited with bringing tap back to life -
Not Your Ordinary Tappers
Savion formed his own company as a way to explore choreography and incorporate other dance forms. 17 year old Jason Samuel Smith was an original company member. -
Bamboozled
At 27 he was a homeless tap dancer in this film -
Ti Dii
At 30 Savion formed this new company to integrate the masters of rhythm tap with rap music and hip hop. -
Classical Savion
At 32 Savion premiered this show that later toured the US -
Happy Feet
At 33 Savion became the sound of Mumbles -
HooFeRzCLuB
At 33 he founded this school for tap in Newark with an educational curriculum that all students have the right to an arts education -
Savion Glover Productions
He founded this self producing and managing company. He then produced completely new concepts in tap -
Returns to Broadway
At 43 he choreographed Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All that Followed. Earning a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination