:: The Michael Jackson Experience

:: The Michael Jackson Experience - FAQ ::

.: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS :.

We thought it'd be a great idea to answer many of your common questions through our website. Considering the most frequent questions are the same, this should save you the trouble! However, if your question isn't on the list then please don't hesitate to send us an e-mail. We'd be more than happy to help.

Where Do You Get A Billie Jean Jacket?

We actually found our Bille Jean jacket from a charity shop for just a few pounds! It goes to show that it's worth keeping your eye open because you'd save a lot of money buying a cheap jacket that may not even fit than getting one made from scratch. Remember, you can always adjust clothes. With the thousands of sequins sewn into the Billie Jean jacket - it's probably best not to try making this yourself! We recommend checking out your charity shops and if you have no luck, try again the following week because new stuff appears all the time.

How Long Did It Take You To Learn Your Moves?

For Nick (who impersonates Michael), it's taken him twenty years to get to where he is today. He's been dancing purely in the style of Michael Jackson since the age of three, so it's certainly not something you could just pick up overnight! For the rest of us, we study all of Jackson's live performances but unlike Nick, we're not playing the role of Michael so we can add as much of our own ideas and character to the routines as we like. It's just a lot of practice, determination and love for dancing that helps you improve, so never give up!

How Do You Moonwalk?

Moonwalking is a lot easier than it looks. However, once you've learnt the technique, you then need to master making it look good, and that's difficult. There are many websites online that'll describe the move in great detail. We'll try and get some links up but for now, we'll give you the basic instructions...
Start off with your feet together. Lift up the heel of one foot and put all the weight on your toes. (You'll notice that when moonwalking properly, you put the weight on the very tips of your toes. This takes balance and practice but start off just going on tip-toes) - The next step is with your weight on your toes, slide your other foot backwards, but ALWAYS keep the foot that's sliding FLAT. This is the most common mistake people will make. It's hard getting your head round the moonwalk at first but your body will get used to it! Once the foot that has slid back has reached a comftorble distance, you then need to shift the weight over onto this foot and lift your heel as you did in the first step. From here, you can put the other heel down and slide that foot backwards. The trick is to shift your weight and make it look smooth. It takes lots of practice so don't expect to do it first time. I hope that helps!

How Did You Guys Get Started?

The best way of explaining this would be to read out How It All Began page, which hopefully explains everything!

How Often Do You Guys Rehearse?

We rehearse as often as possible. It's always important to keep ourselves on top form because we never know if someone will call up asking for us to perform the following day. Also, we never settle for keeping the show static so we're always coming up with new ideas and routines, as well as improving the old ones. On average, we rehearse around three times a week.

Have You Ever Met Michael Jackson?

Unfortunately, we haven't. We'd love to meet Michael Jackson as you can probably guess because we're HUGE fans and always have been. It'd be an honour to meet Michael and hopefully *fingers crossed*, one day we will.

Will You Ever Be Doing A Show Near Me?

Check out our Forthcoming Shows page for details of show locations. We tend not to list private events because the general public can't see them. The best show could you try and see are the 2-hour theatre productions because we span through our entire set-list on a large stage with great sound and superb lighting. For details of forthcoming theatre shows, again, check out the Forthcoming Shows page but you may also wish to subscribe to our Mailing List. We can then e-mail you updates, details and special offers on tickets.

What's The Playlist Of Your Entire Show?

Billie Jean
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Remember The Time
Smooth Criminal
Workin' Day & Night
Jackson 5 Medley - I Want You Back / ABC / The Love You Save
Beat It
Dangerous
Speechless
Man In The Mirror
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
You Rock My World
Black Or White
The Way You Make Me Feel
Thriller
Jam
Stranger In Moscow
We Are Here To Change The World / Bad
They Don't Care About Us / In The Closet

What's Your Favourite Song That You Perform?

This is a tough question to answer because all of us have different opinions and they also keep changing! At the moment, we enjoy performing Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' and Workin' Day & Night but the classics are often always the best, such as; Billie Jean and Dangerous, for example.

*Where Do You Get A Billie Jean* Jacket?**
We actually found our Bille Jean jacket from a charity shop for just a few pounds! It goes to show that it's worth keeping your eye open because you'd save a lot of money buying a cheap jacket that may not even fit than getting one made from scratch. Remember, you can always adjust clothes. With the thousands of sequins sewn into the Billie Jean jacket - it's probably best not to try making this yourself! We recommend checking out your charity shops and if you have no luck, try again the following week because new stuff appears all the time.
How Long Did It Take You To Learn Your Moves?
For Nick (who impersonates Michael), it's taken him twenty years to get to where he is today. He's been dancing purely in the style of Michael Jackson since the age of three, so it's certainly not something you could just pick up overnight! For the rest of us, we study all of Jackson's live performances but unlike Nick, we're not playing the role of Michael so we can add as much of our own ideas and character to the routines as we like. It's just a lot of practice, determination and love for dancing that helps you improve, so never give up!
How Do You Moonwalk?
Moonwalking is a lot easier than it looks. However, once you've learnt the technique, you then need to master making it look good, and that's difficult. There are many websites online that'll describe the move in great detail. We'll try and get some links up but for now, we'll give you the basic instructions... Start off with your feet together. Lift up the heel of one foot and put all the weight on your toes. (You'll notice that when moonwalking properly, you put the weight on the very tips of your toes. This takes balance and practice but start off just going on tip-toes) - The next step is with your weight on your toes, slide your other foot backwards, but ALWAYS keep the foot that's sliding FLAT. This is the most common mistake people will make. It's hard getting your head round the moonwalk at first but your body will get used to it! Once the foot that has slid back has reached a comftorble distance, you then need to shift the weight over onto this foot and lift your heel as you did in the first step. From here, you can put the other heel down and slide that foot backwards. The trick is to shift your weight and make it look smooth. It takes lots of practice so don't expect to do it first time. I hope that helps!
How Did You Guys Get Started?
The best way of explaining this would be to read out How It All Began page, which hopefully explains everything!
How Often Do You Guys Rehearse?
We rehearse as often as possible. It's always important to keep ourselves on top form because we never know if someone will call up asking for us to perform the following day. Also, we never settle for keeping the show static so we're always coming up with new ideas and routines, as well as improving the old ones. On average, we rehearse around three times a week.
Have You Ever Met Michael Jackson?
Unfortunately, we haven't. We'd love to meet Michael Jackson as you can probably guess because we're HUGE fans and always have been. It'd be an honour to meet Michael and hopefully fingers crossed, one day we will.
Will You Ever Be Doing A Show Near Me?
Check out our Forthcoming Shows page for details of show locations. We tend not to list private events because the general public can't see them. The best show could you try and see are the 2-hour theatre productions because we span through our entire set-list on a large stage with great sound and superb lighting. For details of forthcoming theatre shows, again, check out the Forthcoming Shows page but you may also wish to subscribe to our Mailing List. We can then e-mail you updates, details and special offers on tickets.
What's The Playlist Of Your Entire Show?
Billie Jean Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Remember The Time Smooth Criminal Workin' Day & Night Jackson 5 Medley - I Want You Back / ABC / The Love You Save Beat It Dangerous Speechless Man In The Mirror Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) You Rock My World Black Or White The Way You Make Me Feel Thriller Jam Stranger In Moscow We Are Here To Change The World / Bad They Don't Care About Us / In The Closet
What's Your Favourite Song That You Perform?
This is a tough question to answer because all of us have different opinions and they also keep changing! At the moment, we enjoy performing Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' and Workin' Day & Night but the classics are often always the best, such as; Billie Jean and Dangerous, for example.