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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Nicholas Brothers 🕺🕺 Best Dance Routine Ever

One of the Best Dance Routines Ever

80 + Years Ago

ONE TAKE * NO CUTS

THIS IS GENIUS!!!!

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Here's a clip from the movie "Stormy Weather" (1943) featuring Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing "Jumpin Jive". After awhile they let the Nicholas Brothers jump in and lend their feet to the action.

Jumpin Jive

Cab Calloway & the Nicholas Brothers

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Song Jumpin' Jive
Artist Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
Album Stormy Weather - Original Film Soundtrack
Writers Cab Calloway, Jack Palmer, Frank Froeba

Comments:

ahhoohphhtehh2: Check out the piano shaking under their weight at 3:00. Amazing they could maintain their concentration on an unstable surface like that.
Konscious Girl: This was done in ONE TAKE - NO CUTS - THIS IS GENIUS!!!!
Eric Olsen - Gregory Hines said if this sequence were to reproduced in a bio movie of the Nicholas Brothers, it would have to be completely computer-generated because no one nowadays would be able to copy this dance sequence.
Fred Astaire said this was the best dance sequence ever filmed. That's hardly faint praise.

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80+ Years Ago, One of the Best Dance Routines Ever Was Filmed on the First Take

Fred Astaire said it was ‘the greatest dancing he had ever seen on film’.

In a dance performance for the ages, the Nicholas Brothers, Fayard (1914–2006) and Harold (1921–2000), dazzled audiences with their acrobatic routine to Cab Calloway’s hit song, Jumpin’ Jive. Not only that, but the routine was unrehearsed and what you see was the first take!

The performance was from the 1943 musical film, Stormy Weather.
In 2001, Stormy Weather was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

For a great summary of the Nicholas Brothers’ style and impact on dance, check out this NYT article.

Nicholas Brothers

The Greatest Dance Sequence