Tap dancing is not a dying art.

Or at least it won't be if Savion Glover has anything to do with it.

The 29-year-old tap veteran will be "edutaining" audiences at 7:30 tonight and tomorrow at Eisenhower Auditorium with his four-time Tony Award-winning show, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk.

Glover began tapping professionally at a very young age, starring in Broadway's The Tap Dance Kid when he was only 12, according to a press release from the Center for Performing Arts. Penn State students might best remember him as the tap-dancing friend of the Muppets on Sesame Street, where he was a regular from 1990-1995. He's starred in numerous television and film productions, including Spike Lee's Bamboozled.

His most remarkable accomplishment, however, is undoubtedly the co-creation and choreography of Bring in 'da Noise, through which Glover wishes to inform America's youth about the history of the dance, its roots and the people behind it, the release said.

Tap enthusiasts at Penn State are eager to get the message.

"I'm really excited to see some really talented tap performers," said Becky Morgan (sophomore-microbiology), vice president of Tapestry, the Penn State Tap Company.

"It's great to see all the different styles of tap they bring to it," she said.

The other mastermind and director behind the show is George Wolfe, who has received many honors for his work including two Tony Awards. Wolfe and Glover had worked together on several shows, including Jelly's Last Jam, before the idea of the Noise/Funk project came into existence, the release said. Bring in 'da Noise grew out of Wolfe's idea of Glover as a living repository of rhythm.

The show evolved from a workshop held in the Public Theater in New York City in 1995, the release said. It ran on Broadway for more than a year before going on a national tour that ended in the fall of 1997.

The new tour began in August in Atlanta as part of Glover's desire to continue to get the "information" out on tap dancing and its heritage, the release said.

Tickets for tonight and tomorrow's shows are $25 or $17 for University Park students, $38 or $30 for general audience members and $33 or $25 for 18 and under. They are available at the Arts Ticket Center at Eisenhower Auditorium or by phone at 800-ARTS-TIX.