Short Biography: Savion Glover
Savion Glover was born on November 19, 1973, in Newark, New Jersey. His parents were Willie Mitchell and Yvette Glover, his mother who raised him was a gospel and jazz singer. She worked as an assistant, and has mentioned that she believes Savion was tapping in the womb, she could feel and see him moving in the womb to the rhythms as she typed on the typewriter. Ms. Glover raised Savion Glover and his two brothers in Newark, New Jersey where they shared a home with Ms. Glover’s brother and sister. They later moved to their own home, but unfortunately, the house was shared with Ms. Glovers, close friends. Ms. Glover did not have her own room until Savion Glover bought her a house in 1992. Savion Glover’s mother was very religious and said that
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Savion Glover’s father was also a dancer. When Savion Glover’s grandmother would sing, Glover would respond by singing as well, and he was not even a year old yet. Glover was playing the drums by nine or ten months old, he would crawl and take out all the pots and pans out the cupboard and start banging on them. When he was about three in a Suzuki class, he encountered his first musical interest; the drums. In 1980 he joined the band Three Plus and this is where his performing career began. In 1982 the band got a job at Broadway Dance Center, and this was where Glover first saw the great rhythm tap dancers Lon Chaney and Chuck Green. Glover later studied tap with John Fredo, who arranged him an audition with Henry LeTang. He was about 11 years old in 1984 when he starred the leading role in the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid. In 1984 he performed in the Paris production of Black and Blue and in 1989 the Broadway production of the Black and Blue. This is where he first met Gregory Hines and became Savion Glover’s mentor; Hines had come to see the show, and later recruited him for the film Tap. After filming the film Tap, the producers of Sesame Street invited him to be part of the show, and by 1991 he became a regular in the popular children’s show. In 1991 Savion Glover starred in a Broadway musical Jelly’s Last Jam, which had tap choreography by Gregory
Savion Glover’s father was also a dancer. When Savion Glover’s grandmother would sing, Glover would respond by singing as well, and he was not even a year old yet. Glover was playing the drums by nine or ten months old, he would crawl and take out all the pots and pans out the cupboard and start banging on them. When he was about three in a Suzuki class, he encountered his first musical interest; the drums. In 1980 he joined the band Three Plus and this is where his performing career began. In 1982 the band got a job at Broadway Dance Center, and this was where Glover first saw the great rhythm tap dancers Lon Chaney and Chuck Green. Glover later studied tap with John Fredo, who arranged him an audition with Henry LeTang. He was about 11 years old in 1984 when he starred the leading role in the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid. In 1984 he performed in the Paris production of Black and Blue and in 1989 the Broadway production of the Black and Blue. This is where he first met Gregory Hines and became Savion Glover’s mentor; Hines had come to see the show, and later recruited him for the film Tap. After filming the film Tap, the producers of Sesame Street invited him to be part of the show, and by 1991 he became a regular in the popular children’s show. In 1991 Savion Glover starred in a Broadway musical Jelly’s Last Jam, which had tap choreography by Gregory