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This year's course offerings are pretty exciting: Acting Irish Theatre in Dublin, Savion Glover: Emergent Dance with the Lady5Experience, The Art of Scoring..
We kicked off week one with Jazz and tap dancers such as Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Savion Glover and others.
Savion Glover
American dancer, actor, and choreographer (born 1973)
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Born | (1973-11-19) November 19, 1973 (age 51) Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Years active | 1985–present |
Website | saviongloverproductions.com |
Savion Glover (born November 19, 1973) is an American tap dancer, actor and choreographer.
Early life
The youngest of three sons, Glover was born to a white father, who left the family before he was born, and a black mother. Glover's great-grandfather on his mother's side, Dick Lundy, was a shortstop in the Negro leagues.
He managed eleven Negro League baseball teams, including the Newark Eagles.[1] His grandfather, Bill Lewis, was a big band pianist and vocalist.[1] His grandmother, Anna Lundy Lewis, was the minister of music at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey.
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