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When Michael Jackson debuted his famous "moonwalk" in 1983, the world was amazed. Although he was actually not the first person to perform this move, it is forever one of his signature moves.[1] With just a little know-how and practice, you can pull this illusion off too! If you want to know how to dance "Billie Jean" like a pro, just follow these steps to become a moonwalk master.The moonwalk or backslide is a dance move in which the performer glides backwards but their body actions suggest forward motion. The moonwalk is a popping moveDancer and singer Jeffrey Daniel was a member of the R&B group Shalamar and pioneered the dance move the backslide — which, after he taught it to Michael Jackson, became known as the moonwalk. He would religiously work on dances every Sunday. And it was over a period of, I don't know, a few weeks because you're doing it just once a week for a couple of hours or so. It wasn't so regimented, like, O.K., here's this step and this step. It was like some of it was having fun, some of it was acting goofy, moving around like Charlie Chaplin and poking faces at each other. Some of it was, we were just gelling, you know, with the dances. And some of it was concentrating on a particular move, but a lot of it was two guys just having fun and showing dances. And then watching Fred Astaire films, watching Gene Kelly, watching the Nicholas Brothers, watching Sammy Davis Jr., getting inspiration. He could eat popcorn like nobody I knew, 'cause I could eat some popcorn. And we're sitting watching movies together and you can hear him scraping the bottom, and I'm just cracking up laughing. And he breaks out singing along with the movie. I was like, My God, he's just like anybody else you know. We first worked with him in 1980, but he did not do the moonwalk publicly until 1983 [on Motown's 25th-anniversary TV special]. And after he did it, he asked, "How was it?" And I said, "Why did you wait so long?" He said, "Well, it still didn't come out right." I'm like, Huh? This is the performance that totally blew everyone away — and he said something didn't come out right. Whatever was going on in his mind, we would never know it. We all know that it was a mind-blowing performance, and it just took him to another level.1983

If you were to draw up a list of the most popular motorcycles sold in India, the Yamaha YZF-R15 would easily feature on it. After all, it brings genuinely accessible, sporty performance to the masses and everyone’s aware of our love for faired motorcycles. In fact, the R15 is so popular that the world sits up and takes notice each time a new version rolls out. Which is why we wanted to see what Yamaha has come up with on the latest R15, version 4.0. Yamaha YZF-R15: design and features Walking up to the motorcycle, it is apparent that the new R15 looks even better than what the pictures suggest. As has been the case with the R15s of yore, version 4.0 takes its design cues from a bigger Yamaha R-series motorcycle. This time around, it is a copy of the 2021 YZF-R7, and that's a great place to begin with.The front end looks sharp and aggressive with the bi-functional LED projector headlight sitting inside the faux air intake. The LED position lights that flank the headlamp appear like a set of mean eyes, whilst lending it a contemporary look. Slotted above the front fairing is a new windscreen that's shaped very well to shield you from head-on wind. Yamaha claims this fairing is more aerodynamic, helping it achieve its near-150kph top speed with a little more ease. That is something we'll verify, if and when we take this motorcycle for a track day. The side fairing flows neatly with the rest of the bike and I love the 'Racing Blue' paint work with the dual tone, matte and gloss effect. The fuel tank is also new and is shaped to offer more purchase for your knees to grab on to. It looks chunkier than the version 3.0's tank, however, it has the same capacity at 11 litres.The tail section, again, is reminiscent of the R7 with its floating panels. On the whole, the new R15's design is cohesive, proportionate and arguably the best looking of all versions so far. It certainly managed to attract a lot of eyeballs while we were testing the bike. The only jarring element is that the angle of the exhaust doesn't match the angle of the tail. There is a marked improvement in quality levels as well – the R15 V3 had received some flak for its sub-par quality in areas such as the plastics. This is not the case with version 4.0, be it in the quality of the switchgear, its tactile buttons or the plastics used to mould the fairings. Then there's the impressive paint finish that adds to the sense of premiumness about the motorcycle. In terms of features, the new R15 has a nice LCD display with Bluetooth connectivity for phone, SMS and email notifications, but there is no navigation functionality. Yamaha's proprietary Y-connect app offers more information such as last parked location and fuel consumption data. The display also switches to track mode that shows your current and best lap time on a racetrack.