Do you know what is ‘the buzz’? or how about ‘the backslide’?
It is not a technical term or a new ride in the Disney world!
Actually both of these are dance moves!
In fact you will know the moves since it was popularized and is now firmly associated with one performer!
Suspense of the dance move is a ‘thriller’!
Yes! The performer is Michael Jackson and the dance move is now known as the Moonwalk!
Now while he did perfect and make it more popular, he actually did not invent it!
He learned it from street dancers and perfected it for his iconic 1983 performance at the Motown 25 television special!
The move, originally known as “the backslide” or “the buzz,” existed long before Michael Jackson performed it!
In fact in the 1930s, Jazz bandleader Cab Calloway performed similar sliding steps and called it “The Buzz”!
Later on in 1955; Tap dancer Bill Bailey performed a version of the move on film while exiting a stage!
Even later on The “backslide” was a common move among street dancers and performers on shows like Soul Train in the 1980s!
Finally Jackson was introduced to the move by dancers and singers, with sources citing Jeffrey Daniel of the R&B group Shalamar and street dancers Geron “Caszper” Canidate and Cooley as his teachers!
Jackson never claimed to have invented the move, stating in a 1993 that he learned it from “these beautiful children, these black kids who live in the ghetto” and that he simply “enhanced the dance”.
He of course refined the move into the smooth, seemingly effortless illusion of walking backward that the world now recognizes!
His debut of the move during “Billie Jean” at Motown 25 brought it to a massive global audience, making it his signature and one of pop culture’s most iconic dance steps! It takes practice and a good deal of footwork to get it done! I would recommend socks and a clean floor!
Music and dance can go amazing with cool lyrics and deep poetry!
The prototype of such poetry is Harivansh Rai Bachchan…
Shubh ratri…
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