I think he was intentionally focusing on finding the '1' and marking it. You'd be amazed how many people have to work at finding the '1' and yet you need to know where it is to understand and play with all the rest of the structure of the music.
Even if its as simple as starting the dance on 1. Ever seen a teacher count in the '5678' but it not actually be the 5678? (It does happen occasionally, and I'm not getting into 'Ceroc counts' here, just the simple part of that 8 being the 8 in the music, in dancer counts.)
Mario did another class which was also on musicality though I think it was called something else and that including stuff about 'dancing smaller/quieter' when the music 'quieter' (not literally in terms of volume) and 'dancing bigger' when the music got 'bigger'. Completely applicable to MJ and takes a section of the music as a whole, rather than highlighting one instrument, breaks etc, but still going in a bit deeper than the overall style of the track - so when the music gets 'big' then big/snappy/spinny moves etc. Adding contrast to your dance in keeping with the contrast in the track. (At least that's how I understood that part of that class - others may have other comments.)
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