Gerard - wearing sunglasses, a Kangol hat and a black and red tracksuit - slips in front of the most famous entertainer in the world and soars into the air, his legs in a perfect split. Jackson snaps his fingers and grinds out a couple of hip rotations.
Seconds into the choreographed scene of Michael Jackson’s 1987 blockbuster music video “Bad,” the King of Pop and a group of dancers portraying his “tough guy” allies stare down neighborhood bullies. He was 19 years old when he earned a spot in one of the most iconic music videos ever made, which premiered in a prime-time special on CBS. Gerard Alexander’s life once held extraordinary promise. Still, Nelson hadn’t heard the full, remarkable truth. “A pretty good majority of us out there have many different talents and abilities and goals - and had something going for us at some point in life. “He was one of us that got lost,” Nelson said. Now, Nelson could see that was no exaggerated tale from another person without a home, scratching out a life in one of Atlanta’s hidden encampments. In the past, the man had mentioned that he once had been an accomplished dancer. “I saw that he was in his own element, in his own world,” Nelson said. He was amazed when the man - perhaps in his 50s, about 20 years his senior - slowly pulled one leg straight up in the air, resting his heel beside his ear. That’s how good it was,” said Nelson, who remembered years of watching his sisters take lessons at the Atlanta Ballet. “It was like I was watching a professional dancer on stage. His dumpster diving partner was performing ballet pirouettes and graceful leaps in the parking lot. The lean older man who had joined him for the late-night foray along Atlanta’s North Druid Hills Road wasn’t just singing. They were there to dumpster dive - to rummage through what other people consider garbage to try to find something salvageable. It didn’t matter that the store was closed. The drugstore stood dark, its parking lot empty, as the two homeless men approached.įor them, it was a perfect time to pick up a few items.
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