The Nicholas Brothers

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African-American entertainers dance duo sibling duo tap dancer tap-dancing duo

The Nicholas Brothers were a legendary African-American tap-dancing duo, Fayard and Harold Nicholas, renowned for their acrobatic, high-flying routines in Hollywood films and on stage from the 1930s onward.

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Nicholas Brothers 3
Fayard Nicholas 0
Harold Nicholas 0

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instanceOf African-American entertainers ⓘ
dance duo ⓘ
sibling duo ⓘ
tap dancer ⓘ
tap-dancing duo ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930 ⓘ
awarded Kennedy Center Honors NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs one of the greatest tap-dancing duos in history ⓘ
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
fieldOfWork dance ⓘ
film performance ⓘ
stage performance ⓘ
genre jazz dance ⓘ
tap dance ⓘ
influenced Gregory Hines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Savion Glover NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf The Nicholas Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Nicholas Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEra Golden Age of Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ
swing era ⓘ
notableFor acrobatic tap-dance routines ⓘ
appearances in Hollywood musical films ⓘ
breaking racial barriers in entertainment ⓘ
high-flying splits and leaps ⓘ
notableMembers Fayard Nicholas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harold Nicholas NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableScene "Jumpin' Jive" staircase routine in Stormy Weather ⓘ
notableWork Stormy Weather (1943 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation actors ⓘ
choreographers ⓘ
dancers ⓘ
performedAt Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cotton Club NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hollywood films ⓘ
performedWith Cab Calloway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glenn Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic combination of tap, ballet, and acrobatics ⓘ
precise rhythm and complex footwork ⓘ
synchronized splits and leaps ⓘ

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Stormy Weather → featuresDancePerformanceBy → The Nicholas Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicholas Brothers
Down Argentine Way (1940 film) → featuresPerformer → The Nicholas Brothers ⓘ
subject surface form: Down Argentine Way
this entity surface form: Nicholas Brothers
Stormy Weather → hasCastMember → The Nicholas Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicholas Brothers
The Great American Broadcast → hasCastMember → The Nicholas Brothers ⓘ
Stormy Weather → notableFor → The Nicholas Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicholas Brothers staircase dance sequence
Cole Porter song "Be a Clown" → performerInFilm → The Nicholas Brothers ⓘ
subject surface form: Be a Clown