REALIZE the Strength & Conditioning it TOOK to DO this Dance Masterpiece! Rising from the FLOOR without using hands, & ONLY (Inner) Leg Muscle! We witness the Seemingly IMPOSSIBLE here in This FABULOUS CLIP!
The whole dance sequence is unreal but the highlight are those leaping splits coming down the steps. Not only is it amazing it also looks dangerous. They were supermen.
Gregory Hines also asserted that if they ever did a biopic about the brothers, they'd need CGI to recreate this number, because there's no one alive who could perform it.
Something else I notice in this number is how the band musicians don't even flinch when the brothers are leaping around on the stands and throwing their legs around... It just speaks on one level to their respective professionalism as musicians and the degree of trust they had in the dancers to fully be aware of the people around them.
They don't make dancers like this anymore. Such awesome dancers. I hurt just watching them do those splits. Thank you for enriching our lives Nicholas brothers. RIP, and many happy days dancing in Heaven.
SO true! When I saw the Nicholas Brothers do the splits and come straight up from the floor without using their hands: NO TOUCHING THE FLOOR OR SLOWING PACE AT ALL, I knew they were great athletes with core strength and muscles in thighs/butt. Wow.
The splits alone for men show just how amazing these men were. Ahead of their time. Who better than the Hines brothers to interview about legendary dancers like the Nicholas Brothers. Gregory Hines one of my favorite modern day tap dancers may he and the Nicholas Brothers rest in peace. A real class act of talent we don't see today, what a shame.
I so miss him. Some nights I just spend two or three hours pulling up everything I can find to watch Gregory Hines dance. Also, I loved his voice and wish he had done even one 'standards' album. Other than "There's Nothing Better Than Love" with Luther and "Don’t Get Around Much Anymore" from Sophisticated Ladies, there are few videos/recordings to capture the magic of his voice. Such a multi talented, humble man.
Fayard with his hands gets me every time! I have to watch just to see him. Then I have to watch to see just Harold. Then I have to watch to realize what I saw was so magical. They were something super special!
Amazing what the human body can deliver when you least expect it. These guys were simply head and shoulders above us normals. And they made it look so effortless. Thank the lord for film. We are all just a little bit better for witnessing these great artists.
When Fayard Nicholas said it wasn't rehearsed, they knew in their mind what to do. Me: Sir, that's class act and pure talent. Ya'll will never be duplicated
I have watched this video hundreds of times....I studied tap/ballet in my youth.....never any good...but appreciate masters of the art form.......there is a book out there about their lives....tragic but also noble.....worth finding.....did the OSCARS even give them recognition???? they should......do NOT let this art and the artists disappear from our foundation of freedom and art ......they achieved greatness despite the prejudice in this country.....twice the difficulty that white artist have......their talent and nobility should NOT be forgotten
AMAZING 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥🔥🔥 They're many greats out there, but no one comes close to the Nicholas Brothers! I can watch this routine over and over again. They danced their way here to Earth, and right back into heaven. Rest in Peace, Nicholas Brothers. We love and appreciate your creative design of dance 🕺🏿🕺🏿
The Nicholas Brothers are the greatest tap dancers team with acrobatics and class ; pure finesse, magnificent and spectacular ; they didn’t get their “ just due “ , all because of the color of their skin. That God we have a little “ piece “ of history, to see how incredible these brothers are, but that’s still not enough!
It is sad, but trust me when I say this, white people admired them and knew they were talented (I am white). I wish that things could have been different back them, such an ugly time for people of color.
My heart stops every time I see stormy weather. I had the honor of attending a performance of tap giants in San Francisco years ago. The Nicholas Brothers were host of the event. I will never ever forget them.
Poetry in motion, pure class, unbelievable takent, doing the physically impossible in full evening dress clothes. RIP Nicholas Brothers & Gregory Hines.
These two brothers were stunning to watch. I've never seen dancing made to look so easy, yet it is difficult to do. It's a beautiful sight to behold. I love Stormy Weather, one my favorite movies.
Oh, my crouch!!!! Every time I see the dance sequence of them splitting down the stairs, they engulfed me in every moment of it. They will be always be the Fabulous Nicholas Brothers. 😳😨😱😵👍😄
Fayard and Harold Nicholas are absolute perfection in dance. Words cannot adequately convey how superb this dance sequence is. These gentlemen were decades ahead of their time and should have received far more recognition during an era where all great African American performers struggled for exposure of any kind. The Nicholas Brothers rightfully deserve the grace that Fred Astaire bestowed upon them, deeming this number from "Stormy Weather" as "the greatest musical number ever performed on film." Gregory and Maurice Hines were among the next wonderful incarnation of dancers borne by this marvelous duo, Bojangles Robinson and others of this era. Please share this performance with everyone who loves athleticism, artistry and entertainment, of any kind. Thank you so much for sharing.
I always like to hear one great entertainer (Hines) explain & comment on the "legends" of their art. Hines does an extremely good job of explaining how great the Nicholas Brothers were.
Paul B. You are so right. I had known the Nicholas Brothers for yeas, and loved their every move. But to have two other fine dancers like the Hines brothers explain their own appreciation granted me an entirely new, and higher, understanding of what had been right before my eyes all that time. Only one example: "Then they come back down into the splits; then they come back up without using their hands". Without using their hands: I''d seen that many times before, of course, but only then did I realize what a miraculous feat it was. And the brothers did it again and again. Thanks for your comment, Paul B, and even more thanks to Igart1 for this important postl
They were magnificent!! Though they were way before my time, isn't it great that we can still enjoy them. I did see Gregory Hines on Broadway when I was younger and he was outstanding and gone too soon. RIP guys.
One of my favorite movies with Gregory Hines is Tap....worth watching for the dancing. There is a scene in it where all of the great Tap dancers are dancing and Harold Nicholas is in it.
The Nicholas brothers have no equal they are without question the greatest dance duo that ever lived R.I.P. to the G.O.A.T.S. Fayard and Harold Nicholas
I was never interested in dance but could appreciate skill. I watched White Knights because I heard an orchelstral arrangement of Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in Cm. I enjoyed the movie and appreciated the great skill shown by both Gregory Hines and Michael Baryshnikov. Decades passed and my attitude towards dance remained about the same. Then I saw the Nicholas Brothers' Jumpin Jive Routine. Of course I appreciated the the skill but there was so much more. It was awe and it still is. Others can come and go. Others can be great talents in their own rights but I do not believe that any will ever surpass the Nicholas brothers, the best of all, ever.
I don't think their will ever be anyone to fill these brothers shoes,They GOT DOWN!!! I L💕💕E the way they dance together,Their movies are priceless 💕❤️💕
The Nicholas Brothers were suchgreat dancers and what class. Wow its hard to believe what you was seening them doing was real. But it was . Oh my. How did they jump over each other and into the splits on steps . I have never seen dancing like that. They were GREAT!!!
There is a difference between rehearsing and doing a scene in one take. You need to rehearse, but to do a scene in one cut, it takes one heck of a talented person/persons to do that and the Nicholas Brothers were just that.
I have been a dance, teacher, and a dance, professional for many years. Besides the incredible dancing of the Nicholas brothers, Fred Astaire, Jim, Kelly, etc. their movies were made with a limited amount of edits. Their bodies are always shown in full figure such a joy and beautiful to watch. Today it is impossible to watch dance with all of the choppiness and multiple edits.
And I thought all these years that Fredastaire and Ginger Rodgers was the greatest. These gentlemen wrote the book on dance. They were Phenomenal. The Greatest of all times.
Sadly, due to selective racism in the industry, they never got the same screen time as white performers. Notice they never let them dance with white performers in their movies because they sure as hell did not want to be shown up.
I love when the younger brother says "PROFESSIONALS NOTHING, WE'RE PAST THAT STAGE,WE'RE AMETUERS 😂😂😂CLASSIC, CLASSIC, CLASSIC 👍😂😂😂😂😂WOW WEE,UNBELIEVABLE TALENT, SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR UNIQUE GIFTS THAT GOD GAVE YOU TO SHARE WITH HUMANITY IF YOU JUST BELIEVE AND FOLLOW YOUR HEART AND DREAMS!!!!!!!🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞💞💞💞💞👍👍👍👍have to say it again, SHAKESPEARE IN MOTION, I'M 70 NOW BUT WHEN I WATCH THE NICOLAS BROTHERS DANCE, I FEEL LIKE I'M 21 ALL OVER AGAIN ❤❤❤❤❤
