Yay for Savion!
I knew that eventually I’d want to see Happy Feet–after all, Robin Williams is a god among actors, and his animated voice characters are unforgettable. And I keep hearing how great it is–heck, it beat James Bond, and I saw that movie and it was great!
But now I’ve got another reason: Savion Glover was the choreographer and (I think) the source of the motion capture (and at the very least the sound) of Mumbles, the lead character. As they say in the New York Observer:
"…they’re an animated, penguinized treatment of the feet of our most brilliant tapper, Savion Glover, who also provided the choreography. Glover is at his most accessible here, his most winning: Because he’s been morphed into a large bird, his usual glowering anti-audience attitude isn’t in evidence (ordinarily, he’s the Miles Davis of tap). This is tapping for the joy of it."
As a longtime fan of Gregory Hines, the chance to see Savion’s work, even via animation, makes me really excited…
Tags: happy feet, robin williams, savion glover, tap dance
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