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Savion Glover's "Foot Notes" arrives in SF:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>Hittin' the Big Time With `Foot Notes'</B><BR>Savion Glover keeps a cool head as his hot tap musical arrives in S.F.<P>Blake Green Sunday, October 22, 2000 <BR> <BR>New York -- The hoofer in the film on the screen is the same dreadlocks-and-baggy-threads guy gazing at it, sipping a soft drink, devouring a bag of salted almonds and making his 12 1/2 double E's behave like reasonably normal feet.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><B><A HREF="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/22/PK24140.DTL" TARGET=_blank>The SF Chronicle article</A></B><BR><p>[This message has been edited by Azlan (edited April 09, 2002).]

Here's a website dedicated to Savion Glover:<P><B><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/8484/" TARGET=_blank>It's All About Tap Dance and Savion Glover</A></B><p>[This message has been edited by Azlan (edited October 21, 2000).]

And the reviews:<P><BR><B><A HREF="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/28/DD24019.DTL" TARGET=_blank>Tapping Into the Imagination</A></B><BR>Savion Glover's feet speak with an eloquent voice in jazz-inspired ``Foot Notes''<BR>Steven Winn, SF Chronicle<P><BR><B><A HREF="http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/arts/docs/glover28.htm" TARGET=_blank>Savion Glover makes tap an act of musicianship</B></A><BR>Anita Amirrezvani, San Jose Mercury News<p>[This message has been edited by Azlan (edited October 28, 2000).]

An article in the SF Weekly:<P><B><I><A HREF="http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2000-11-01/stage2.html" TARGET=_blank>Foot Notes</A></I></B><BR>Touring tap concert<BR>By Joe Mader, SF Weekly

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Dancer's biography wins library award<P>Cleveland Plain Dealer<P>Tap dancer-choreographer Savion Glover and New York Times drama critic Bruce Weber are winners of the Cleveland Public Library's 2002 Norman A. Sugarman Children's Biography Award.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><a href=http://www.cleveland.com/artsandevents/plaindealer/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/entertainment/10183447122698552.xml target=_blank>More</a>

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In the Boston Herald:

Glover shines in 'Noise'
Savion Glover is back at the helm of his signature dance show, and he's even better this time around. By PAUL HODGINS for The Orange County Register


It's been more than five years since Savion Glover left his signature show, "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk," in the middle of its phenomenal Broadway run. Since then, Glover's relationship to his creation has been clouded by a dispute over the collaboratively conceived work. A national touring version of "Noise/Funk" featuring Derick K. Grant from the Broadway production, which appeared at the Ahmanson Theatre in 1998, was dismissed recently by Glover as a "bootleg."

The disagreement about authorship and ownership was settled, apparently to Glover's satisfaction; the current national tour of "Noise/Funk," which opened Tuesday at the Ahmanson for a short run, features the tap-dance superstar back at the helm. Maybe I'm reading too much into peripheral things, but the behind-the-scenes dust-up may have inspired Glover as a performer: his dancing seems more comfortable now - there's an ease and spontaneity to his improvising (even a few slightly sloppy moments in group dancing) that implies there's less to prove with the material, and more to enjoy.

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Improvography/Savion Glover Joyce Theater
By Hilary Ostlere for The Financial Times


When last I saw Savion Glover, although his tapping was brilliant this unique artist appeared withdrawn, almost oblivious of the audience. This time a different Glover, with his seven-member Ti Dii company and a backup of five musicians, was decidedly more audience friendly. He even smiles a lot. From the word go, in an astonishing 45-minute non-stop solo with the instrumentalists playing on a platform behind him, Glover demonstrated in energy, endurance and expertise what a master he is not just of tap but the musical elements and rhythms that are endemic to this very idiomatic dance form.

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