How did Michael Jackson dance so well?

Was it through many hours of practice?

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Michael was the type that didn't go through official dance training, yet when you put him in a room of dancers who'd studied the art for their whole lives, he'd out do them. He saw this as a gift from God, and he was just a "medium of nature". He said that when he dances, his movement were interpretation of the sound, he was a slave to the music.

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