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When Savion Glover's Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk opened in 1995, it changed the way audiences think of tap. Now, almost a decade later, Glover, 30, is in the limelight again. In three weeks of sold out shows at The Joyce Theater in New York City over the holidays. Glover not only tapped, but sang, talked to the audience, and wore an elegant suit--what some consider to be a major departure from his baggy pants, straight-dancing stance, listening down instead of looking up.
Glover brings a genius to tap that has raised the art form to a new level in the public eye and car. Dance historian Sally Sommer, who attended a recent performance by Glover at Florida State University, says, "The college audience was totally in love with him, almost frantic in its adoration. I've never seen that kind of superstar response given to a tap dancer."
In fact, his brilliance so dazzles, it is easy to lose sight of other tap energy. But tap is proliferating, largely owing to the bootstrap efforts of tappers...
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