Come Dance with Us
Dance is a universal language. It’s fun, it’s a great workout, and it’s
social. In my opinion most of us don’t dance enough if at all. We come up
with all kinds of excuses like I can’t dance. If we would be brutally
honest, it might be that we are afraid of what people might think.
Music is a great escape. You let the music take you and then let your body
move. It’s about feeling the music. It gets deep inside then your feet just
have to move. It is when we let our head take over and tell us that we will
be laughed at or we wonder what others will say that stops us.
I wonder if knowing that we are all dancing the same steps, not just here in
Charlotte but all over the world at the same time and that we are dancing to
help people less fortunate than us, if that would make a difference.
See you on the dance floor!
We need dancers for our
Thriller performance at our fundraising event on October 29, 2011.
We also need dancers who can perform with us at promotional and charity events.
"But I can't dance!"
 Lorayn Deluca Photography "Roar Turn" |
Free Dance Classes "Anyone can dance!" When you register for Thrill the World, Charlotte as a dancer, your registration fee includes dance classes to learn the dance that is required to qualify for the synchronized dance record. We’ve got everything you need to learn the Thriller dance, whether you’re an experienced dancer or a total beginner. Think you have two left feet? Thrill The World was created with YOU in mind! ANYONE CAN DANCE! And Thrill The World has taught tens of thousands of people from age 3 to 60+. So if you don’t think you can dance… we’re here to bring it out of you! |
Preparing for the Dance
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Make Sure You Stretch! To help your body perform its best, stretching will not only improve your flexibility and the ease at which you can move, but it will also help prevent injuries. Consider stretching as an element that is equally important as training for strength, balance and power. In order to help you be in the best physical condition, we have put together a handout of some really great stretches that will help to prepare you for the dance. By stretching daily, the dance movements will be easier, your muscles will be healthier and it will help keep possible injuries at a minimum. Thrill the World, Charlotte Stretches Handout << - Designed just for you! Make sure you print out and use Introduction: The Importance of Stretches - Video -Ines demonstrates a few stretches |
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About the Dance Used for the Record
"Is it the same dance
as in the video?"
According to the rules used for The Record, the dance must last five
(5) minutes. On the short film of “Thriller” the dancers only dance for a
few minutes. Michael Jackson is walking while singing the verses. They start
to dance after they walk past the graveyard. The Thrill the World
version of “Thriller” is choreographed to last the required five minutes.
All dance steps are taken from the original choreography. Steps are repeated
to fill the required time. There have been a few movements eliminated
because of the difficult level for new dancers and steps have been repeated
to fill the entire length of the song.
Video - Thrill the
World Charlotte 2010 Dancers