American - Dancer | November 19, 1973 -
I was first introduced to dancing through the TV: I remember watching ballet, jazz and ballroom dancing when I was very little. But I felt no connection with it whatsoever: it was just like watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon.
Savion Glover
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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.
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There are many different styles of, and approaches to, tap. My own leans towards a more intellectual view: tap dancing not just for the sake of entertainment but to educate and spark emotion.
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I like to be around dancers who are totally committed to the art form, totally committed to the men and women around them.
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Frank Sinatra changed people's approach to singing. Ella Fitzgerald, Marvin Gaye, van Gogh, they were all part of movements that allowed people to think about their craft differently. They changed the game. These people changed the game.
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When you think about John Coltrane, in my opinion - and I think I share this opinion with a lot of people - his approach to music changed other people's approach to music.
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I realized early on, I'm more interested in Baryshnikov than some dancer who wants to do a rock show with ballet.
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Every now and then, someone comes along - we used to call it 'New Jack' - tries to do something new, tries to take all the credit, without acknowledging the past.
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I wake up, and I'm in the zone... My performance is the continuation of my life.
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Everything has to do with meditation. It's a conversation; it's a joy - it's everything.
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Who is Savion Glover? Who is that guy? Good question. I'm a lot of things... Intense... Focused.
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I was very happy with the success of 'Noise/Funk,' but of course, there is a lot more that I have to say about the dance, about the history, about the people involved with the dance and their history.
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