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He invented it with help from his choreographer

Actually the moonwalk (or back slide) was invented in 1932. Watch this video from 1 min onwards

http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=LhORApox81M

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"There are many recorded instances of the moonwalk, Similar steps are reported as far back as 1932, used by Cab Calloway. The origin is the pantomime exercise "Marche sur place" created by mime masters Etienne Decroux andJean-Louis Barrault and first recorded on film for Children of Paradise in 1944/45). In 1955 it was recorded in a performance by tap dancer Bill Bailey. He performs a tap routine, and at the end, backslides into the wings. The French mime artist, Marcel Marceau, used it throughout his career (from the 1940s through the 1980s), as part of the drama of his mime routines. In Marceau's famous "Walking Against the Wind" routine Marceau pretends to be pushed backwards by a gust of wind"

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No, the first documented Moonwallk was in 1955 performed by Bill Bailey.

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no,a french mime called marcel marceu made up it

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Did michael jackson invent the toe stand?

yes he did, he said in an interview that before he went on motown 25 anniversity where he introduce the world to the moonwalk, he said he couldnt sleep because he was up all night practicing, and that he needed to do something after he spinned, and that came to mind, the toe stand.

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Where did Michael Jackson make up the name moonwalk?

In a concert,while he was singing the song called ''Billie Jean''.


Who mad up the moonwalk?

Micheal Jackson r.i.p


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Did Michael Jackson have a tutor?

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Who make up the 27 amendment?

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