Two-Time Tony-Award Winning Dancer/Choreographer Savion Glover® to Perform Classical Savion® at Kimmel Center
October 28, 2005
Photo: Len Irish
This performance is the first of the SEE HEAR! SERIES which incorporates a variety of mediums including video, film and computer technology and live performance art. The next performance is Colonial Holiday on December 8th at 9th, 2005 at 7:30pm. SEE HEAR! continues with Mozart Reloaded by curator Andrea Clearfield on Saturday, January 21, 2006 at 7:30pm. The final performance in the series is POP G on Friday, May 5 at 7:30pm.
Savion Glover®, appears in an evening of inventive tap riffs on classical music accompanied by a string chamber music ensemble. The New York Times raved about its 'stunning intensity…a revelation for eye and ear alike…” Vivaldi, Mozart and Bach provide the backdrop for this unusual partnership between tap and classical music in a virtuosic and athletic yet extremely musical display of the evolution of tap.
Tickets for Classical Savion® are $67, $57, $47 and $33, and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online or at the Kimmel Center Box Office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply)
At the age of 12, Glover was one of the youngest men to be nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Black and Blue. He made his Broadway debut at the age of 12 in The Tap Dance Kid. At only 18 he starred opposite Gregory Hines in Broadway’s Jelly’s Last Jam.”
In 1991, Glover received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Outstanding Youth Award. He then received his second Tony Award, in the category of Best Choreography, for Bring in Da’ Noise, Bring in Da’ Funk, the Broadway hit that catapulted him into the international spotlight.
Glover’s television credits include a collaborative effort with Gregory Hines and Tommy Tune for PBS and Nickelodeon entitled Dance in America: Tap!, the Academy Awards, the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame ceremonies, Sesame Street, Monday Night Football, Savion Glover’s Stomp, Slide & Swing: In Performance, PBS at the White House and The Kennedy Center Honors. His movie credits include a prominent role in Spike Lee’s 2000 release, Bamboozled.
Tickets for Classical Savion® are $67, $57, $47 and $33, and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online or at the Kimmel Center Box Office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply) For group sales call 215-790-5883.
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased 2.5 hours prior to evening performances and 11:30am for matinees.
Sponsors of the 2005/2006 Kimmel Center Presents season include Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Sovereign Bank, The American Express Company, and Verizon Foundation. Special Student Matinees at the Kimmel Center are generously supported by Merck & Co., Inc. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte and Southern Wine and Spirit.
NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents.
KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS
SEE HEAR! SERIES
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 | 8pm
Verizon Hall
Classical Savion®
Savion Glover®
Vivaldi, Four Seasons
Summer - 3rd Movement
Autumn - 1st Movement
Autumn - 3rd Movement
Winter - 1st Movement
Mozart, Divertimento in D major
1st and 3rd Movements
Dvorák, The American Quartet
4th Movement
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
1st Movement
Bach, Badinerie, from Suite No. 2 in B minor
Bartók, Rumanian Folk Dances
3rd Movement
Shostakovich, Quartet No. 8 in C minor
2nd and 3rd Movements
Mendelssohn, Octet in E Flat major
3rd and 4th Movements
Sousa (adapted by Savion Glover and Tommy James) The Stars & Stripes Forever (For now)
FREE IN THE PLAZA
Commonwealth Plaza
6:30pm
Arthur Taylor with Dance Students for the Camden Creative Arts High School
Tap and other dance styles highlight this dynamic recital.
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