Jackson's Choreographer Teaches Dancing the Filipino Inmates

Cebu Provincial Detention And Rehabilitation Center or (CPDRC) in the Philippines performed the Michael Jackson dance steps. Payne, who worked with Jackson for more than 10 years, was able to take their performance to new heights. Their rendition of Jackson's "They Don't Really Care About Us" is comparable to the scene in "This Is It." He teaches the Jackson dance steps to almost 1500 inmates in Cebu and it’s such a great performance. In fact, it gives pride to all the Filipino people that Payne chooses CPDRC to train this Michael Jackson dance steps. Payne spent two hours on Sun., Jan. 17, and Mon., Jan. 18, teaching the dancers the routines from Jackson's posthumous "This Is It" film.

"The Drill" is the last scene Payne and Jackson worked on together before the pop icon died in June. The clip was released over the weekend, days before the Tues., Jan. 26 release of the "This Is It" DVD.

The "This Is It" version is a highlight of the film. It features a group of dancers who were digitally replicated to appear as an army. Payne's work with the CPDRC men brought this virtual sequence to real life.