VintageHollywoodStars on Instagram: "Alfonso Ribeiro began his career at age 8. He first gained recognition in 1983 when he played a leading role in the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid. He received positive reviews for his performance and was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award. Alfonso appeared as a dancer in a Pepsi commercial that featured Michael Jackson in 1984. The same year, he was cast as Ricky Schroder’s best friend on the TV series Silver Spoons where he showed his dancing s