How to learn the thriller dance by BetterTimes

"Fun as hell, if you like to dance."

How I did it: Actually, there is a world wide movement called Thrill The World, that organizes an event each year, that is supposed to feature as many people as possible dancing the thriller-dance as the same time. Almost all major cities have someone organizing the local TTW (Thrill The World)-event. Sometimes, it's a bigger event, like in New York, where the organizer got sponsors, everyone dressed up, and they all made a big thing out of it. In Central Park. 

In my case, I was in Stockholm, Sweden. The organizer was my 14-year-old sister (she's really industrious), but the show-up rate was not high. Only about 10 people showed up. But still, she did a crash course with everyone, showing the routine, and after some practice, we could all do it quite well. Not Michael Jackson-well, but well enough. We had a hell of a time. Some people took it really seriously, others were just there for fun.

Lessons & tips: You have to practice the routine a couple of times, before you can do it well enough for people to recognize what you're actually doing. But it's not really that hard. 

Resources: Muscles and will-power, I guess, are the primary resources needed. 

If you can, get in touch with your local TTW-people, they will help you. Just do a google search, or go to www.thrilltheworld.com.


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