Re:Zadie Smith: dance lessons for writers
by WalterBright on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @08:55PM
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> People will be dancing like Michael Jackson until the end of time.
There's a curious quality to MJ's dance. His moves look simple, and are endlessly copied, by amateurs and pros alike. But none of them come off looking like MJ. All I can say is it's that last 2% of the move that makes it work, and nobody has been able to copy that. I know his poses and moves are all very carefully laid out and practiced, but they look so natural on him, they look like they are him.
There's a curious quality to MJ's dance. His moves look simple, and are endlessly copied, by amateurs and pros alike. But none of them come off looking like MJ. All I can say is it's that last 2% of the move that makes it work, and nobody has been able to copy that. I know his poses and moves are all very carefully laid out and practiced, but they look so natural on him, they look like they are him.