Moonwalk
The Moonwalk ( Engl. "Moonwalk") is a dance step , in which the leg movements simulate running forward while the person in fact moved backwards.
Emergence
The moonwalk and its forerunner (without the backward movement as an illusionistic walk) could already be seen in the 1940s. Particularly noteworthy here are the film Stormy Weather , in which Cab Calloway and Fats Waller show this dance step, A little house in heaven , also from 1943, here the moonwalk can be seen in minutes 50 to 52 of the film, as well as children of Olympus from 1945, in which Jean-Louis Barrault demonstrated it. The French pantomime Jean-Gaspard Deburau performed a similar exercise in style in the 18th century. The dance group The Lockers showed in their performances in American music show Soul Train their backslide steps above.
distribution
The actual invention in the form we know today probably comes from the breakdance scene in the early 1980s. The moonwalk became known to the general public through Michael Jackson , who showed the backslide, a modification of the moonwalk, in 1983 on the 25th birthday of the record company Motown as a performance of his song Billie Jean , after he had seen this in a similar form with breakdancers and afterwards continued to perform at his gigs. The backslide differs from the moonwalk in that you don't move in a circle, but in a straight line. Through these stage shows , the moonwalk became Jackson's signature move , which remained connected to his person as a trademark.
“The moonwalk comes from these wonderful children, the young people who live in the ghettos, in the city, who are brilliant and just have this natural talent for dancing. All these new steps, like the running man , they develop these dances. I've only developed the moonwalk a little further. "
The Yellow Pants Pipra , a Central American purr , can give the impression of being able to walk backwards without moving its legs. The result is reminiscent of the moonwalk. Steps of the moonwalk can also be found in the Melbourne Shuffle .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Suddath, Claire. "How to Moonwalk like Michael" , Time Magazine, June 25, 2009. Retrieved April 18, 2017
- ↑ Michael Jackson: King of Pop , by Mary K. Pratt
- ↑ Michael Talks to Oprah - February 10, 1993 , accessed March 3, 2010
- ↑ World's Weirdest: Birds Moonwalk to Impress the Ladies , accessed January 4, 2014