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Savion Glover Resume savion glover choreographer contact: (818) 509-0121 FILM / TELEVISION Molly (*to be released) Tap Improvography Dir. Sally Potter World of Dance Guest Mentor NBC / Season 2 So You Think You Can Dance Choreographer FOX / Season 13 Choreographer / Motion Capture Happy Feet Dir. George Miller, Warren Coleman, Judy Morris Performer Happy Feet Two Choreographer Dir. George Miller, Gary Eck, David Peers Bamboozled Choreographer Dir. Spike Lee The Jamie Foxx Show Choreographer Dir. John Bowab / Warner Bros. Television The Rat Pack Choreographer Dir. Rob Cohen / HBO Savion Glover’s Nu York Choreographer Dir. Jim Gable / ABC THEATRE BROADWAY Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Music Box Theatre / Dir. George C. Wolfe / *Tony Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Choreographer Award Nominated Followed (2016) Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk Choreographer / As da Beat (Original) Public Theater / Dir. George C. Wolfe / (1996-1999) / as Lil’ Dahlin’ (Original) *Tony Award Winner Virginia Theatre / Chor. Gregory Hines, Ted L. Levy / Jelly’s Last Jam (1992-1993) As Young Jelly (Original) Dir. George C. Wolfe Minskoff Theatre / Chor. Cholly Atkins / Dir. Hector Black and Blue (1989) As Younger Generation (Original) Orezzoli, Claudio Segovia Minskoff Theatre / Chor. Danny Daniels / Dir. Vivian The Tap Dance Kid (1984-1985) As Willie (Replacement) Matalon OFF-BROADWAY Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope (2018) Director / Choreographer Encores! / New York City Center Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk Choreographer New York Shakespeare Festival / Public Theater (1995) PEFORMANCE CREDITS Molly (Film) May & Marty (TV Series) Late Night with Seth Meyer’s (TV Series) Tavis Smiley (TV Series) The Colbert Report (TV Series) Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) 43rd, 50th, 51st, 56th Annual Tony Awards 61st Annual Academy Awards Saturday Night Live (TV Series) The Rosie O’Donnell Show (TV Series) Bojangles (TV Movie) Bamboozled (Film) Sesame Street (TV Series) Cedric the Entertainment Presents (TV Series) The Jamie Foxx Show (TV Series) Sin City Spectacular (TV Series) The Wall (TV Movie) .
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