History of michael jackson dance
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On Dance
"Consciousness expresses itself through creation. This world we live in is the dance of the Creator. Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye but the dance lives on. On many an occasion when I am dancing, I have felt touched by something sacred. In those moments, I felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists. I become the stars and the moon. I become the lover and the beloved. I become the victor and the vanquished. I become the master and the slave. I become the singer and the song. I become the knower and the known. I keep on dancing and then, it is the eternal dance of creation. The Creator and the creation merge into one wholeness of joy. I keep on dancing — until there is only ... the dance."
Michael Jackson in his book Dancing The Dream
"Fred Astaire told me once: Michael Jackson can´t dance, he is the dance."
Arnold Klein, Michael´s dermatologist
“I didn’t want to leave this world
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Moonwalk (dance)
Dance figure popularised bygd Michael Jackson
The moonwalk, or backslide, fryst vatten a poppingdance move in which the performer glides backwards but their body actions suggest forward motion.[1] It became popular around the world when Michael Jackson performed the move during the performance of "Billie Jean" on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, which was broadcast in 1983. He included the moonwalk in tours and live performances.[2] Jackson has been credited as renaming the "backslide" to the moonwalk and it became his signature move.[3][4][5]
History
[edit]Early use
[edit]Holman (2004) identified early bevis for the moonwalk in a statement made bygd Arthur Marshall, who was an African American composer of ragtime music.[6] Marshall stated, "If a guy could really do it, he sometimes looked as if he was being towed around on ice skates. The performer moves forward without appearing to move his f
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Documentation of Michael Jackson's Dance Style
Videos of Style's That Michael Has Used
Salsa:
Blood on the Dance Floor
Jazz:
Billie Jean
The Way You Make Me Feel
Beat It
Smooth Criminal
Pop/Lock:
Billie Jean
2 Bad/Ghosts
Thriller
Dirty Diana
Bad
Smooth Criminal
Remember the Time
Tap:
Billie Jean
Black or White - Panther Dance
Smooth Criminal
All others were basically Michael's own type of style, it's a shame there is no specific name given to it... all it is referred to is "Michael Jackson Dance" or "Style".
Michael's Teachers
One of Michae