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Do you think he's considered one of the top 5 best dancers of all time?

posted 8 months ago by michaelDclarke (1819)
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What dancers have better skills than MJ?

--Michael D. Clarke

[–] legnadibrom (6214) 8 months ago

David Brent

[–] DoctorThirteen (13920) 7 months ago

😂

[–] liscarkat (18367) 7 months ago

In no particular order:

Fred Astaire
Gene Kelly
Donald O'Connor
Eleanor Powell
Cyd Charisse
Vera Ellen
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fernando Bujones
Rudolf Nureyev
Natalia Makarova
Cynthia Gregory
Maya Plisetskaya

I'm just getting started; I could go on for an hour, but you get the idea.

[–] Furienna (3342) 7 months ago

Fred Astaire was actually impressed by Michael and called him "a hell of a dancer".
But I guess that your opinion matters more...

[–] BlackMass (988) 7 months ago

Where did Astaire call Mick one of the 5 best ever?

[–] Furienna (3342) 6 months ago

It would be just arbitrary to make such a list.
I mean, what qualifications do you need to make it anyway?
And I guess that Fred Astaire knew that and didn't rank people like that.
But we still know that he was really impressed by MJ.

[–] jacotodd47 (1832) 7 months ago

I think he is #1 if we make the title "All time best pop singer/dancers"

Plenty of pop singers have incorporated dancing into their acts. I don't know of anyone who is even close to Michael Jackson. His talent level and skill is beyond compare.

However, if we are talking the best dancer of all time. Well, now you add ballet dancers, movie star dancers - people that made dancing the priority of their entertaining.

Looking at it that way, I doubt Jackson even makes the top 20.