Assertion: moonwalk | /r/Synonym | the backslide
Facets:
value: formerly
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Finally, as Michael executes the moonwalk, formerly known as the backslide, formerly a dance belonging to the Electric Boogaloos, Cab Calloway, James Brown, Damita Jo Freeman, Casper and Cooley, Jeffrey Daniel, Mr. Bojangles, Bob Fosse, Marcel Marceau, and Shields and Yarnell, a sort of screech erupts from the crowd.
text: Known formerly as the “backslide”, the moonwalk is a popping move.