Why did Savion Glover win a Tony Award for choreography?

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tap dance The Nicholas Brothers in *Orchestra Wives* (1942).

Savion Glover won the Tony Award for best choreographer in 1996 for his work on the musical Bring in ’Da Noise, Bring in ’Da Funk.1

He both starred in and choreographed this production, which was a significant success that utilized a series of vignettes to chronicle African American history through his unique, percussive style of tap dance, often referred to as "hitting".1