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ORIGIN Although when most people think of the moonwalk they think of the signature Michael Jackson move, a variation of the modern-day moonwalk was invented by Derek Jackson (who calls it the ''backslide''), a former cast member of Solid Gold. Jackson tweaked it in time for the Motown 25 Concert, where he debuted it during his famous "Billie Jean" routine. The move is based on a classic Jean-Louis Barrault Pantomime exercise "Walking" (as featured in the 1945 film '' Children Of Paradise '') with some of the ''Pantomimes de Style'' technique ''Marche Contre Le Vent'' (developed by Marcel Marceau in the 1950s) thrown in. HOW TO Start with your right foot on its toe. Toes pointing right, so that your heel is up and is turned in. As you step down, it will look like your heel is going to land on your left foot; at that time you slide your left foot out from under the heel of the right. As soon as your right foot's heel hits the floor, your left foot should be on its toes facing out to the left with the heel turned in. Now that your left foot is on its toe and your right is flat, the way to keep moving in the same general direction is that you have to slide your right foot on its heel. At the same time your left foot is dropping to the floor. While gliding your right foot's heel, you have to switch it to its toe as soon as it is in front of the left foot. At this time your right should be on its toes in front of your left, which should be flat to the floor. Then you just start over. Your right goes from toe to heel while your left slides across the floor and back on to its toe. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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