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Fayard Nicholas
Birthday:
October 20
Birth Name:
Fayard Antonio Nicholas
Biography
Our father said, "When you're dancing, don't look at your feet, look at the audience. You're not entertaining yourself, you're entertaining the audience".
Our father said, "When you're dancing, don't look at your feet, look at the audience. You're not entertaining yourself, you're entertaining the audience".
One day at the Standard Theater in Philadelphia, I looked onstage and I thought, 'They're having fun up there; I'd like to do something like that.' We worked up an act called "The Nicholas Kids", and did it in the living room.
One day at the Standard Theater in Philadelphia, I looked onstage and I thought, 'They're having fun up there; I'd like to do something like that.' We worked up an act called "The Nicholas Kids", and did it in the living room.
My brother and I used our whole bodies, our hands, our personalities and everything. We tried to make it classic. We called our type of dancing classical tap and we just hoped the audience liked it.
My brother and I used our whole bodies, our hands, our personalities and everything. We tried to make it classic. We called our type of dancing classical tap and we just hoped the audience liked it.
We can't do those routines any more; we don't want to, and I'll tell you why--it hurts!
We can't do those routines any more; we don't want to, and I'll tell you why--it hurts!
When we were doing routines, it was like a love affair.
When we were doing routines, it was like a love affair.
Fayard Nicholas
Fayard Nicholas was one-half of The Nicholas Brothers, a famous African-American tap dancing team who appeared in several movies and became one of the famous and most beloved dance team of all time. Both brothers appeared in films such as An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935), Le Pirate (1948) and The Five Heartbeats (1991). Fayard's brother, Harold Nicholas died on July 3, 2000, while Fayard died on Januray 24, 2006.
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