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The British Film Institute is running a UK film season called Black Star, from mid October to December 2016.
Among the many highlights will be cinema showings (at 'Picturehouse' cinemas) of 'Stormy Weather' featuring a famous dance sequence by The Nicholas Brothers. (The older Nicholas brother, Fayard later taught MJ to tap dance).
Fred Astaire said that the brothers' dance sequence in 'Stormy Weather' was the 'greatest ever'.
https://www.picturehouses.com/film/cff-2016-the-fabulous-nicholas-brothers
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/bfi-launches-black-star
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For those interested to see more, there is a film of their life story called 'The Fabulous Nicholas brothers'.
Starring: Fayard Nicholas, Harold Nicholas. USA 2016. 90 mins.
Bruce Goldstein presents a unique compilation tribute to the Nicholas Brothers, featuring a collage of rarely seen home movies, photographs and film clips. The Fabulous Nicholas Brothers, Fayard (1914-2006) and Harold (1921-2000), rank among the greatest dancers of the 20th century. Despite racial hurdles, the self-taught African-American entertainers became one of the biggest musical acts of their time, headlining on Broadway, radio and television and in vaudeville and nightclubs. Their dazzling, show-stopping numbers in movies such as Down Argentine Way, Sun Valley Serenade and Stormy Weather made them international icons. Known for effortless balletic moves, elegant tap dancing and perfect rhythms - along with a consummate grace
and a sly sense of humour - the Olympian brothers are in the end impossible to categorise. The dancer’s dancers, their fans have included Gene Kelly, who teamed up with them in The Pirate; Bob Fosse and Gregory Hines, whose first acts were modelled on them; ballet legends George Balanchine and Mikhail Baryshnikov; Michael Jackson, who once had Fayard as a dance coach; and Fred Astaire, who named their Stormy Weather ‘staircase’ number the greatest of all musical sequences.
Among the many highlights will be cinema showings (at 'Picturehouse' cinemas) of 'Stormy Weather' featuring a famous dance sequence by The Nicholas Brothers. (The older Nicholas brother, Fayard later taught MJ to tap dance).
Fred Astaire said that the brothers' dance sequence in 'Stormy Weather' was the 'greatest ever'.
https://www.picturehouses.com/film/cff-2016-the-fabulous-nicholas-brothers
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/bfi-launches-black-star
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For those interested to see more, there is a film of their life story called 'The Fabulous Nicholas brothers'.
Starring: Fayard Nicholas, Harold Nicholas. USA 2016. 90 mins.
Bruce Goldstein presents a unique compilation tribute to the Nicholas Brothers, featuring a collage of rarely seen home movies, photographs and film clips. The Fabulous Nicholas Brothers, Fayard (1914-2006) and Harold (1921-2000), rank among the greatest dancers of the 20th century. Despite racial hurdles, the self-taught African-American entertainers became one of the biggest musical acts of their time, headlining on Broadway, radio and television and in vaudeville and nightclubs. Their dazzling, show-stopping numbers in movies such as Down Argentine Way, Sun Valley Serenade and Stormy Weather made them international icons. Known for effortless balletic moves, elegant tap dancing and perfect rhythms - along with a consummate grace
and a sly sense of humour - the Olympian brothers are in the end impossible to categorise. The dancer’s dancers, their fans have included Gene Kelly, who teamed up with them in The Pirate; Bob Fosse and Gregory Hines, whose first acts were modelled on them; ballet legends George Balanchine and Mikhail Baryshnikov; Michael Jackson, who once had Fayard as a dance coach; and Fred Astaire, who named their Stormy Weather ‘staircase’ number the greatest of all musical sequences.