Dance-On pays tribute to the Magic and Creativity of the Music and Dance of Michael Jackson.
I was asking my mom today, where would I be without the songs that the Jackson 5 brought to the radio in the backseat of the car that I grew up in? I spent hours choreographing dances to Rockin' Robin and the new beat being ushered in.
Later in high school I remember being mesmerized as a girl Moonwalked, and I tried to the dance this imaginary way that MJ had brought to life. This "trying" raised new possibilities that brought dance to a new level for so many, and raised awareness of "street dance" and the people it belonged to.
The Killer "Thriller" blew the doors off the new medium of video, which was just being born...MTV. My friends and I got tickets to see Michael and his brothers rock the world with revolutionary entertainment, smokin'hot sensation. I felt energized watching him bring life so powerfully to a movement with a gesture or sound that was, to me like lightening striking over and over.
As a survivor of childhood sexual assault, I feel obliged to acknowledge the scandal that surrounded the star,...and I do feel both skeptical and sad about these things without knowing the truth.
However the Dancer in me pays Homage and Celebrates the hours of sweat and many gifts that Michael Jackson gave to me and certainly the Dance World with his time here on the planet.
1958 August 29 - 2009 June 25 - Dance-On, Michael!
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