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Savion Glover
Savion Glover
American Dancer
Born: Nov 19, 1973
Art Dance Me Music People Think
Related authors: Alvin Ailey JoJo Siwa Katherine Dunham Martha Graham Merce Cunningham Mikhail Baryshnikov Misty Copeland Twyla Tharp
The Nicholas Brothers were the best tap-dancers. I'm not talking about their flash-dancing, I'm talking about tap-dancing. They were really saying something with their feet. Savion Glover
Saying Best Not Talking Brothers About Something Feet Talking Were Really
For me, the importance in learning about the dance is using it as a voice. It's not about a step, it's about a way to express oneself. Savion Glover
Me Learning Dance Way About Oneself Voice Step Importance Using Express
Tap is still the central driving force of my life. I think and talk in dance. Savion Glover
Life Dance My Life Think Driving Driving Force Talk Force Still Tap Central
There are people who take tap class, do a tap dance. And then there are people who know the dance, who know why they take tap classes. Who know why they do 20 shuffles, or 50 shuffles, before they go on. Savion Glover
Class People Dance Before Classes Take Know Go Tap Then Who Why
My style is raw; my style is '95. My style is what I live. My style is my story. Savion Glover
Style Live Raw Story
My personal style at this point in my life is more audio; it's more driven on less visual and more musicality. But because of my upbringing, my fabulous mentors and teachers that I've had throughout my dance journey or career, I also possess a style that is of the past. It was just a matter of me reaching back. Savion Glover
Life Journey Me Matter Dance My Life Style Past Back Possess Musicality Visual Fabulous More Point Mentors Throughout Driven Had Reaching Also Because Audio Upbringing Personal Just Personal Style Teachers Less Career
I'm always inspired by music, things of that nature. Just life in general. I'm happy to be waking up and having another chance at it. Savion Glover
Life Music Nature Happy General Having Inspired Another Always Up Waking Waking Up Just Things Chance
I love riding my ATV 450. Savion Glover
Love Riding
I'm more a percussion instrument than a dancer. Savion Glover
Dancer More Percussion Instrument Than
I try to convey the musical notes through dance, take on the music. Savion Glover
Music Try Dance Musical Through Take Convey Notes
The connection of what I do to flamenco lies in the whole lament, whole cry, whole pouring back into the earth and giving energy back to the earth. It's a cry and a celebration. That's what music, sound, vibration should do. It should spark energy in someone. Savion Glover
Music Giving Energy Back Earth Lies Someone Pouring Cry Sound Celebration Vibration Lament Spark Should Connection Whole
I'm thankful I am able to continue to share the joy and the inspiration tap brings. Savion Glover
Thankful Joy Able Inspiration Share Am Continue Tap Brings
It wasn't until I did a musical revue in Paris in the 1980s called 'Black and Blue,' and met the great men and women responsible for the progress of tap dance, that my relationship with the dance really began. Savion Glover
Great Relationship Women Progress Dance Black Men Men And Women Met Musical Responsible Great Men Paris Until Tap Began Did Blue Really
I like to express myself inside of the work that is given, and I let the dancers do the same. Savion Glover
Work Myself Dancers Inside Given Like Same Express
The sound of tap is not 'clickety clickety tap tap,' this monotone thing. The sound of tap has depth. We want you to hear the different highs and lows, the bass, the trebles and the melodies, if you can. Savion Glover
You Bass Melodies Highs Sound Hear Tap Different Want Depth Lows Thing
I don't deal in terminology, I deal with expressions: colors, shapes, tones, characteristics. Savion Glover
Characteristics Colors Shapes Terminology Deal Expressions Tones
Jimmy Slyde was more a musician than a dancer; Greg Hines was more musician than dancer. Savion Glover
Dancer Jimmy Musician More Than
Whether it is Jimmy Slyde or Lon Chaney or Gregory Hines, their dance shows what they experienced, what they had to go through. Savion Glover
Dance Jimmy Through Had Go Experienced Whether Shows
I come from a long line of people who express themselves through the dance. I come from a long line of people who create music through their feet. Savion Glover
Music People Dance Long Long Line Through Feet Come Line Themselves Create Who Express
Authenticity is the most important thing. You have to know where it all comes from, study who pioneered it. Savion Glover
You Important Study Know Most Most Important Thing Important Thing Authenticity The Most Important Where Who Thing
I search for different tonalities in my taps. But my greatest pleasure is hearing a note I haven't heard before, hearing a chord that sparks something new. Savion Glover
Before Pleasure Something Something New New Greatest Heard Hearing Greatest Pleasure Different Note Sparks Chord Search
When I wake up in the morning, I just go. Savion Glover
Morning Wake Up Go Wake Up Just
I never really stop and think about should I put my hat on this way or that, not thinking that little JoJo down the street would be copying that. I'm more conscious about it now and tell the kids that it's not about the shoes or what kind of shoes... it's all about the dance. Savion Glover
Dance Shoes Down Think Thinking Way Kids Tell Kind Would Hat Would-Be About More Never Put Stop Little Really Should Now Street Conscious Copying
I was a drummer in a group called Three Plus. We were performing at a club in New York, and my mother signed me up for tap classes. I fell in love from the door... so you can blame it on my mother. Savion Glover
Love Me You Blame Mother Three Club Group Signed Classes Plus New Performing Drummer Fell Were Tap Up York New York Door
I've changed my whole angle for dance. I'm moving towards moving back rather than hanging out with my peers. I'm reaching back to older dudes for a second. Savion Glover
Dance Older Changed Back Peers Out Angle Rather Towards Reaching Dudes Than Hanging Moving Whole Second
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