Ivery Wheeler
- Actor
Ivery Wheeler brings a lifetime of experience with every shuffle and
tap step.
He began his tap dancing career at the age of 3 dancing on the bar at the Louisiana Club in Las Vegas more than 50 years ago. The history, grace, style and skill this one man possesses can easily fill a stage and any room.
At age 14, Ivery met Maceo Anderson of "The Four Step Brothers". In short order young Ivery become a hoofer performing in Anderson's groups, "Four Steps and a Miss" and later "The Third Generation Steps".
For more than ten years "Anderson's kids" were on everyone's short list. They performed with Jerry Lewis, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, Dinah Shore, Pearl Bailey, Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Donald O'Connor, Engelbert Humperdinck, Gregory Hines, Henry LeTang, Juliet Prowse, Dr. Jimmy Slyde, Debbie Reynolds, and many others.
Publically acknowledged by Savion Glover, and Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards as their mentor, teacher and friend; and by Dianne Walker as partner, and confidante, this humble legend is just as comfortable teaching in the studio as performing on stage.
With such monumental performances as "The Cotton Club", & the Tony award winning "Black and Blue" in Paris, and on Broadway, Ivery can do it all: sing, dance, act.
Honored at the L.A. Tap Festival in 2008 this legend is following in Maceo Anderson's foot steps and building the next generation of tappers.
He began his tap dancing career at the age of 3 dancing on the bar at the Louisiana Club in Las Vegas more than 50 years ago. The history, grace, style and skill this one man possesses can easily fill a stage and any room.
At age 14, Ivery met Maceo Anderson of "The Four Step Brothers". In short order young Ivery become a hoofer performing in Anderson's groups, "Four Steps and a Miss" and later "The Third Generation Steps".
For more than ten years "Anderson's kids" were on everyone's short list. They performed with Jerry Lewis, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, Dinah Shore, Pearl Bailey, Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Donald O'Connor, Engelbert Humperdinck, Gregory Hines, Henry LeTang, Juliet Prowse, Dr. Jimmy Slyde, Debbie Reynolds, and many others.
Publically acknowledged by Savion Glover, and Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards as their mentor, teacher and friend; and by Dianne Walker as partner, and confidante, this humble legend is just as comfortable teaching in the studio as performing on stage.
With such monumental performances as "The Cotton Club", & the Tony award winning "Black and Blue" in Paris, and on Broadway, Ivery can do it all: sing, dance, act.
Honored at the L.A. Tap Festival in 2008 this legend is following in Maceo Anderson's foot steps and building the next generation of tappers.
