TAKING STEPS.(Glover, Savion)

The tap virtuoso Savion Glover began his career as a child star, and, because he was so young, reviewers often felt free to give him advice. He should show a little warmth, they said, not perform like a machine (the child-prodigy syndrome). He should broaden his work, include more tones, more moods. This was all good counsel, and Glover followed some of it--in his own way. Now thirty years old, he has warmth and moods and nuances, but they are all in his feet. At the same time, one no longer feels like giving him advice--certainly not after his recent three-week season, called "Improvography," at the Joyce. The first half, the forty minutes before intermission, was just ...