IF YOU DANCE:Who: Savion GloverWhere: Goldstein AuditoriumWhen: Sunday, 2 p.m.How much: $8 with SUID, $15 for SU faculty and registered family members, $20 for general public

Dance has carried Savion Glover from one entertainment medium to another, from Tony-awarding winning choreography on Broadway to a motion-capture performance in the 2006 animated film ‘Happy Feet.’ Tap dancing has made his career.

On Sunday, he’ll be dancing for Syracuse University students and their families as part of SU’s Family Weekend. The performance takes place at 2 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium in Schine Student Center.

Tickets costs $8 for students with SUID and $15 for registered family members and guests and SU faculty and staff. They cost $20 for the general public.

Glover’s show is part of SU’s yearlong Pulse performing arts series, put on in collaboration with the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Division of Student Affairs. Steiner Sports will hold a silent auction of Syracuse sports memorabilia before Glover’s show. The auction is open to the public and will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Glover has danced since a young age – he made his Broadway debut in ‘The Tap Dance Kid.’ Glover won a Tony Award – the Broadway equivalent of an Academy Award – for assembling the choreography for the 1996 production ‘Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk.’ Before that, he had spent five years as a cast member on ‘Sesame Street.’

But his last performance was on ice. Well, it was on screen, and Glover was a penguin. The dancer did motion-capture work for the role of Mumble, the tap-dancing star penguin in ‘Happy Feet.’

-compiled by Andy McCullough, feature editor

Published on November 8, 2007 at 12:00 pm