Nicolas "Nico" Archambault (born 18 October 1984) is a Canadian dancer
and choreographer, who in 2008 won the first season of So You Think
You Can Dance Canada. After the win, he became well known for his lead
role in the 2011 Canadian film On the Beat (Sur le rythme).Born in
Montreal, Quebec, Nicolas Archambault was the first of four children.
He started dancing as a young seven-year-old, with a dance teacher
Louise Lapierre, where all his sisters also learned dancing. He was
traumatized for being ridiculed as the only male student in the class.
While in Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry Secondary School in Saint-Léonard,
a suburb of Montreal, Quebec, he registered for dance classes and was
taunted, intimidated and ostracized by the male students for being
"gay". In addition to growing up too fast for his age, he also
suffered from Osgoodâ€"Schlatter disease. His childhood suffering
prompted him in his successful years to remain very active in fighting
bullying in schools.BY age 14, he was already involved in public
performances and at 19 studied dance at LADMMI, the Montreal school of
contemporary dance affiliated with Cégep du Vieux Montréal. While a
student, he was offered a position as a freestyle dancer at the
popular Quebec game show La Fureur where he worked for 5 years. During
this period, he also took part in a number of musical shows including
Elvis Story, in Night Fever, in Joe Dassin - La grande fête musicale
and in a lyrical version of the rock opera Starmania. He was also an
assistant to the choreographer Brian Friedman.
and choreographer, who in 2008 won the first season of So You Think
You Can Dance Canada. After the win, he became well known for his lead
role in the 2011 Canadian film On the Beat (Sur le rythme).Born in
Montreal, Quebec, Nicolas Archambault was the first of four children.
He started dancing as a young seven-year-old, with a dance teacher
Louise Lapierre, where all his sisters also learned dancing. He was
traumatized for being ridiculed as the only male student in the class.
While in Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry Secondary School in Saint-Léonard,
a suburb of Montreal, Quebec, he registered for dance classes and was
taunted, intimidated and ostracized by the male students for being
"gay". In addition to growing up too fast for his age, he also
suffered from Osgoodâ€"Schlatter disease. His childhood suffering
prompted him in his successful years to remain very active in fighting
bullying in schools.BY age 14, he was already involved in public
performances and at 19 studied dance at LADMMI, the Montreal school of
contemporary dance affiliated with Cégep du Vieux Montréal. While a
student, he was offered a position as a freestyle dancer at the
popular Quebec game show La Fureur where he worked for 5 years. During
this period, he also took part in a number of musical shows including
Elvis Story, in Night Fever, in Joe Dassin - La grande fête musicale
and in a lyrical version of the rock opera Starmania. He was also an
assistant to the choreographer Brian Friedman.
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