Moonwalk (dance) Moonwalk (dance) The moonwalk is a dance move in which the dancer moves backwards while seemingly walking forwards. A popping move, the moonwalk became popular around the world after Michael Jackson performed it during a performance of "Billie Jean" on "," broadcast May 16, 1983. It became his signature move. An illusion is involved in creating the appearance of the dancer gliding backwards. Initially, the front foot is held flat on the ground, while the back foot is in a tiptoe position. The flat front foot remains on the ground but is slid lightly and smoothly backward past the tip-toe
Moonwalk One "Moonwalk One" was finished, light-sensitive emulsion film had become much better technically and was much cheaper than the Technicolor imbibition process. "Moonwalk One" was one of the last films created using that process, which was shut down forever shortly thereafter. Critics gave the film very positive reviews. ABC News reported that "Moonwalk One" was the first documentary worthy of the immensity of the moon launch itself, and "Cue Magazine" described it in 1972 as an extraordinary documentary of historical scope and time capsule worthiness. Archer Winsten writing in the "New York Post" in November 1972 declared that it deserved to