Savion Glover

The Return of the Tap Dance Kid

The Return of the Tap Dance Kid
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For Tony Award–winning tap dancer Savion Glover, words don’t mean a thing: He talks with his feet. A rumble of clicketyclacks, a staccato of flip-flaps and a string of stomp-stomps with his metal-toed shoes …. With these, Mr. Glover will reveal his soul on the Joyce Theater stage beginning June 19.

Sporting his signature cascade of dreadlocks and 80’s-ish billowy pants, Mr.  read more »

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Maria Kowroski and Albert Evans in Alexei Ratmansky
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Maria Kowroski and Albert Evans in Alexei Ratmansky

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Savion the Great Hoofs Highbrow-'Da Funk Jams to Bach

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