Where did michael jackson learn to do it also what is it called

Question

heres a link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucdo2br_5OQ&feature=related

09.07 the time he does it

Answer 1

The Moonwalk. London street performers have been doing it longer than

Michael Jackson. Don't know where it comes from originally..........

Answer 2

How did he learn how to do it? Because he fricken awesome thats how. Mainly it's his love for music. He loved the beat to Billie Jean and wanted to extend it, his producer didn't want him to but of course he got his way. He said that the beat was what moved his feet and that it put him in the "zone". I figure that he taught himself. He has a natural born talent. His siblings were pushed as hard as he was by their father. Micheal and Janet are really the only two you even hear about anymore. I don't know I geuss I've always loved his music and honestly his music is only kind that I can really dance to. He's a one of a kind.  

Answer 3

pretend to walk but stay in the same place with his own style it very good i imagine he just learnt it himself like his own made up very original Michael Jackson is a great dancer and singer.

I dont know if there is a name for this sorry :)

Answer 4

I think Cab Calloway was the first to be filmed doing a very similar dance in the 30's---also its origins lie in mime.

Answer 5

if its the moonwalk, did look at the link but i thinks its a bit cheesy, then don't know. But he wasn't the inventor of the moonwalk, as i have seen film footage of an American  black dancer from the 1930's do it, which was amazing.

No it wasn't Cab Calloway, i know that much, they gave the dancers name but i forget it. I will try and locate the other questioner who asked it and find the name

Answer 6

Moonwalking? He started it all!