Meet 6-year-old Jordan Jackson, who’s headed to the Apollo Theater amateur night quarterfinals with a thrilling dance routine set to Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.”
“I feel like I want to dance right now,” Jordan said one day last week, grabbing his belt buckle as the beat kicked in on the living room stereo. Jordan’s fixation with all things Jackson began in 2005 when he was on vacation in Mexico with parents Andrew and Sandra, both case managers at Brooklyn Federal Court. The family attended a performance by a Jackson impersonator and Jordan was hooked.
Last fall, a friend of Sandra’s suggested Jordan strut his stuff at the Apollo. They spent $500 outfitting their mini-Jackson in a sequined jacket, satin pants, black fedora, white shoes and red bow tie. A tailor on Washington Ave. performed emergency alterations on the pants.
“Then the night before he decided he didn’t want to go anymore,” Sandra said. “But I took him and they basically loved him.”
Jordan rocked the legendary house on March 24, besting a 7-year-old boy who sang “The Greatest Love of All” and an 8-year-old girl performing a contortionist act.
Source: NYDailyNews
