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. Savion Glover More Quotes by Savion Glover More Quotes From Savion Glover Dancing is like life. The lessons of one are the lessons of the other. Savion Glover lessons dancing My style is ever evolving. My style is tomorrow. Savion Glover style evolve tomorrow 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. Savion Glover step me learning dance Tap is still the central driving force of my life. I think and talk in dance. Savion Glover my-life think dance life There are people who take tap class, do a tap dance. And then there are people who know the dance, who know why they take tap classes. Who know why they do 20 shuffles, or 50 shuffles, before they go on. Savion Glover go know dance people My style is raw; my style is '95. My style is what I live. My style is my story. Savion Glover raw live story style There's no dancer alive better than those of the 1950s and 1960s. It's only the energy that changes. Every now and then, someone like me comes along, and people say, 'Oh, this guy is this new thing.' But that's not so. There is no me without them. The tradition just goes on. Savion Glover better me tradition people 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. Savion Glover game think singing people I'm just blessed, man. I'm just happy to share my art form with everyone. That's cool. Savion Glover cool man blessed art 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. Savion Glover me dance journey life I'm always inspired by music, things of that nature. Just life in general. I'm happy to be waking up and having another chance at it. Savion Glover music nature happy life I love riding my ATV 450. Savion Glover i-love riding love I'm more a percussion instrument than a dancer. Savion Glover instrument than more percussion I try to convey the musical notes through dance, take on the music. Savion Glover through try music dance 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. Savion Glover view entertainment my-own emotion I'm committed to the purity of my art form. Savion Glover form committed purity art My show mode is that the dressing room is like going into the cockpit. Going down the stairs is like going on the runway, and once we begin performing, it's flight time. I'm just floatin' on that stage. Savion Glover dressing down stairs time Tap's foundation is jazz, just like hip-hop, so relating tap-dancing to rap is natural for me. Savion Glover hip-hop me foundation jazz 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. Savion Glover someone cry music energy I'm thankful I am able to continue to share the joy and the inspiration tap brings. Savion Glover i-am inspiration joy thankful
