Jan McNulty Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Savion Glover SoLe Sanctuary UK PREMIERE Thursday 3 – Sunday 6 April 2014 Tickets: £12 - £38 Ticket office: 0844 412 4000 www.sadlerswells.com Considered by many to be the world’s greatest tap dancer, Tony Award-winner Savion Glover makes a highly anticipated return to London, presenting the UK premiere of SoLE Sanctuary at Sadler’s Wells from 3 - 6 April 2014. Savion Glover was born in 1973 in New Jersey and studied under US tap dancer Gregory Hines who is often credited with revitalizing tap dance by incorporating Afro-Caribbean moves into the art form. Glover’s style explores the idea of tap dance as a percussive instrument as he taps out a bass rhythm with one foot and simultaneously overlays complex riffs with the other in an awe-inspiring display of skill. In SoLe Sanctuary, Savion Glover's reverence for the art of tap takes centre stage. Over the years Glover has worked on a diverse range of projects, from pop videos to Oscar-winning films. He shot to fame after making his Broadway debut aged ten in The Tap Dance Kid, and won a Tony Award in 1996 for the Broadway smash hit Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk. In 2006 Glover was co-choreographer and performed the joyous tapping feet for Mumble the tap-dancing penguin hero in Warner Brothers’ Academy Award winning film Happy Feet. Glover last performed at Sadler’s Wells in 2008, when his show Bare Soundz - which also featured Marshall Davis Jr and Maurice Chestnut - was received to critical acclaim. “Pure, full of the kind of rhythmic innovation that trips down one path, splinters off in different directions and then sweeps back home” The Independent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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