"[Michael] has just about everything you would want in a dancer. He is very fast, and, now that the adult musculature has come in, his whole body is “worked.” (This means that every muscle is stretched, and operating in the service of the dance. Nothing is blurred.) As a result, he has a sharp attack, and wonderful clarity. Watch him for example, in “The Way You Make Me Feel” dancing, silhouetted, alongside other men doing the same steps. You can’t see the faces, but you know which one he is. He dives into a step more intently, and shows it to us more precisely, than anyone else."
Joan Acocella, The New Yorker
“Once every several centuries of mankind God sends somebody special, a wake-up call; somebody to enlighten the people in the way to be; somebody to excite the people; somebody to bring people together, and I think Michael was a gift from God that He sent to show people how to be, how to love.” \
- Jonathan "Sugarfoot" Moffett
"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 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 chose to interpret the choreography supplied to them...
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 ...
Nijinsky may have been the greatest Spectre de la Rose, Nureyev the greatest Corsair, but these two candles pale in the light ofJackson
- Germaine Greer (world renown writer/art critic)
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 chose to interpret the choreography supplied to them...
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 ...
Nijinsky may have been the greatest Spectre de la Rose, Nureyev the greatest Corsair, but these two candles pale in the light of
- Germaine Greer (world renown writer/art critic)
There is a very rare book about Michael called Michael Jackson American Master by C. Mecca. The author writes about why she considers Michael a master. She indicates that:
“A master is an individual who possesses the following attributes:”
1. Has control over his own life and affects the lives of others.
2. Develops his talent to the best of his ability.
3. Is concerned with the expansion of ideas and is not limited by arbitrary boundaries.
4. Has a message of proposal in his life to share for the betterment of mankind.
5. Teaches and lives by example, which is in harmony with his beliefs.
6. Is a philanthropist and a humanitarian by putting back into the environment in ratio equal to and that which he uses.
7. Realizes that he is a result of nature.
8. Abides by and has a clear understanding of the laws of the universe.
9. Enhances the world by his very presence.
10. Believes and uses the invisible power of intuition, inspiration and thought.
11. Is a manifestor for our day and age.
12. Has a thought process based on truth and, therefore, is free of making false decisions and judgments.
“No one individual exemplifies the twelve characteristics of the master in their entirety more than the man, Michael Jackson.” – C. Mecca