MJ

[knightedrogue]

I know, I know. It's predictable, us dancers grieving horribly for MJ.

But ... I think we always could look "beyond" the freaky shit and just appreciate him. I always could. I could champion that twisted up genius all day long.

My heart is sad. I think my childhood died a little today. :(

Comments

[miss_rina]

I totally agree. I still remember when 'Black & White' came out and I had literally NEVER been that excited. My cousins and I used to watch our MJ and Janet tapes until they warped. I read this today and thought it was pretty apt:

"Nowhere will his contribution be more obvious and his influence more strongly felt than in the world of dance. No choreographer of the last 30 years has been unaware of Jackson's achievement. He rewrote the vocabulary of dance for everyone, from kids competing in talent shows to the royal ballets of Europe.

If the dance establishment did not often acknowledge his influence it was because there was no need. His shapes, his moves were everywhere.

Nijinsky and Nureyev also died young. They, too, were transcendent dancing boys, but they chose to interpret the choreography supplied to them by others.

By contrast Michael Jackson's art was astonishingly innovative. No one could dance like him, until he showed them how, and then they were never as good as he was. His concept of the dance was utterly 20th century, extravagantly multi-dimensional, and not in the least middle class."