Secret of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson may no longer be among us, but he leaves behind lots of special moments that millions around the world will never forget.

For instance, do you remember those special gravity-defying moves in Smooth Criminal?



Want to know what it was done? There were no digital effects involved... It was a lot simpler and purely mechanical:

That's right, just some special shoes that dancers would skilfully attach to some pegs that were raised from the dance floor. From then one, they could lean as much as they want (though you'd still need to be in pretty good shape to stand that way. :)