Glover, Savion 1973–

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GLOVER, Savion 1973–

PERSONAL

Born November 19, 1973, in Newark, NJ; son of Yvette Glover (a performer and manager).

Addresses: Agent— William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Actor, dancer, and choreographer. Created his own dance company, Not Your Ordinary Tappers, 1997; has taught dance at Broadway Dance Center. Appeared in television commercials, including those for Chevy vehicles, 1993, Twix candy bars, 2000, and Cingular phone service, 2001–02; choreographed a television commercial for Nike athletic shoes.

Awards, Honors: Antoinette Perry Award nomination, 1989, for Black and Blue; Martin Luther King, Jr., Outstanding Youth Award, 1991; Drama Desk Award nomination, best actor, c. 1993, for Jelly's Last Jam; Young Artist Award nomination, outstanding youth host in a television variety show, 1994, for Sesame Street; Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, two Obie awards, Village Voice, two Fred Astaire awards, Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best performer, and Antoinette Perry Award, best choreography, 1996, all for Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk; Dance Magazine Choreographer of the Year Award, 1996; National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1996.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

(Broadway debut) Title character, The Tap Dance Kid, 1984.

Black and Blue, Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1989–1991.

Young Jelly, Jelly's Last Jam, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1992–1993.

Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1996–1997.

Savion Glover: Downtown, Variety Arts Theatre, New York City, 1998.

Keep Bangin', Players Theatre, New York City, 1999.

Foot Notes, Wilshire Theatre, Los Angeles, 2001.

Savion Glover with TiDii the Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY, 2002.

Major Tours:

Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk, U.S. cities, beginning 2002, later international cities.

Also toured U.S. cities in Jelly's Last Jam.

Stage Work:

Choreographer, Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1996–1997.

Television Appearances; Series:

Savion, Sesame Street (also known as Les amis de Sesame, Canadian Sesame Street, The New Sesame Street, Open Sesame, and Sesame Park ), PBS, 1990–1995.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Bracey Mitchell, The Wall, Showtime, 1998.

Newcomer, Bojangles, Showtime, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Tap Dance in America (also known as Gregory Hines' Tap Dance in America ), PBS, 1989.

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1991.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC, 1992.

Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway (documentary), PBS, 1992.

Savion, Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (also known as Sesame Street Stays Up Late! A Monster New Year's Eve Party ), PBS, 1993.

Sesame Street's All–Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!, ABC, 1994.

In a New Light 's94, ABC, 1994.

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1995.

Vanessa Williams & Friends: Christmas in New York, ABC, 1996.

It Just Takes One, USA, 1997.

53rd Presidential Inaugural Gala, CBS, 1997.

Stomp, Slide and Swing with Savion Glover, PBS, 1998.

Host, Savion Glover's Nu York, ABC, 1998.

Quincy Jones—The First 50 Years, ABC, 1998.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Opening Night Gala, PBS, 1998.

Host, In Performance at the White House, 1998.

Disney's Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra in Concert, Disney Channel, 1999.

Voice of toy dancer, The Steadfast Tin Soldier: An Animated Special from the "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child " Series (animated), HBO, 2000.

Brother Time, Barbra Streisand—Timeless, Fox, 2001.

(Closing ceremony) 2002 Olympic Winter Games, NBC, 2002.

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Tom Hanks, USA, 2002.