American - Dancer | November 19, 1973 -
My style is raw; my style is '95. My style is what I live. My style is my story.
Savion Glover
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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.
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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.
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I'm inspired by breath, by the human body - by so many things.
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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.
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I've come to realize that people dance for reasons of their own.
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There's a tendency to think tap's had its day, but 'Happy Feet' kept us in the race. That penguin is our Shirley Temple.
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I don't really care what the visual is looking like. I've gotten away from - not shenanigans, but spectacle.
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I'm more a percussion instrument than a dancer.
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Other dances are like languages, like French or Spanish, but my steps are slang, and slang is always changing.
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I started as a drummer. The feet are an extension of that.
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I want to share what I have, and I'd rather share it with people that are a little bit more open-minded.
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