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My life long dream… It’s so close I can almost taste it… This is amazingly awesome… and to think I was going to sleep in this morning. I have found the choreography for Thriller by Michael Jackson not only that… Have any of you heard of ‘Tess the Impersonator’? Neither have I but she has a series of videos on the web teaching how to dance the beloved Thriller dance! ♥ Oh Joy of Joys I have to go practice…
Darkness falls across the land,
The midnight hour is close at hand,
Creatures crawl in search of blood,
To terrorize your neighborhood,
And whosoever shall be found,
Without the soul for getting down,
Must stand and face the hounds of hell,
And rot inside a corpse's shell…
1-2 Slowly stepping forward to the beat, bring your head down to the right and your right shoulder up to your head at the same time, in a sharp action
3-4 Continue to step forward to the beat
5-6 Jerk your head again as above
7-8 Step forward, on 7th beat jerk head
1-2 Turn to face left, keep head facing audience, bring left arms straight out in front of you, and have right arm straight behind your, be bent slightly forward. In this position: take little steps right, towards the audience
3-4 Keep doing same as above, but sharply turn head to face the front, not towards the audience, and nod once
5-8 Same as 1-2
1-2 Slide forward and slightly to the left, with head tipped back, have your hands sort of scooping down as you slide
3-4 Same as above, but don’t tip your head back
5-6 Slide forward and slightly to the right with head tipped back, with hands still scooping down as you slide
7-8 Same as above but don’t tip your head back
1-2 With hands behind back, face slightly right and have left leg slightly bent with right leg straight out to the right. Do a sort of little hop, staying in your position but so you move a little forward, and then tip your head back on the second ‘hop’
3-4 In same position, ‘hop’ and bend forward a little, then do the same but bend forward quite dramatically. As you come up turn to left.
5-6 Have your left leg bent quite a bit, with your foot pointing left, have your right foot facing forward and have the leg out straight. Let your arms hang loose, turn your head left, then back to the audience
7-8 With your right arm out to the side, click to the beat and as you do, push your pelvis up. MJ also opens his mouth as he does this, but that might not be part of the dance J
1-4 Same as the last 7-8
5-6 Clap arms straight above your head, have body straight and feet together
7-8 With left leg bent quite a lot, and right leg straight, do a sort of slide, but bring the two legs together - keep the left leg static
1-2 Continuing the slide - and finish by stamping your right foot
3-4 Lift shoulders, turn head left then back again
5-6 Clap hands above head
7-8 Slide again to the right, this time keep right leg bent and still, and slide from your left
1-2 Continuing slide - finish by stamping left foot
3-4 Lift shoulders, turn head left then back again
5-8 Shimmy whilst sort of running/skipping forward
1-4 Continue shimmy
5-6 Turn to face right, have legs bent slightly, bring arms up from sides in a sort of scooping fashion
7-8 Have arms in a sort of zombie position but bent a little more, swing them from right to left
1-2 With left leg bent a little, swing out right leg straight out to the side, along with right arm, all the while, moving your shoulders and wiggling hips to the music
3-4 Continue wiggling to the right, Swing out right arm straight out to the right and pull it back in
5-6 As you pull your right arm back in, push out your left leg so it’s out straight to the side, bend your right leg a little, do same as 1-4 but on opposite side
7-8 Continue wiggling, turn head sharply to the right
1-2 Have arms up, bent slightly and to the right, walk right to the beat
3-4 Continue walking, switch sides of hands and the way you’re facing so you face LR
5-6 L Step to the music
7-8 RL Step to the music, RL
1-2 With feet shoulder width apart, jump straight up
3-4 Bring arms up and swing them up in the air, bend forward, shake
5-8 Sort of bounce/sway to the music, with arms bent and at your sides, nod your head to the music
1-2 Continue to bounce/sway whilst nodding head to the beat
3-6 Jump and turn to have back facing the audience, continue bounce/sway
7-8 Jump and turn to face front again, as you do, bring right arm straight up above your head, then bring it back down again
1-2 As you bring your arm down, have it bent slightly and in front of you, have the left arm also bent, but higher up than your right. Circle hips keeping your arms still
3-6 Bring arms straight down behind you, keep body still and frigid and circle your hips
7-8 Bring right arm up again, and keeping it bent a little, wave it above your head twice
1-2 Facing right to the audience, have right leg straight out in front of you and left leg bent at about a 90 degree angle, push both arms forward and pull them back in a sort of thrust,
3-4 Turn body round to face left and punch forward right arm, then left, then right again, then turn the top half of your body to face the audience
(Gap)
1-6 With legs over shoulder width apart, facing the audience, pivot round on your left leg so you end facing away from the audience
7-8 Look over shoulder, then back again
1- 10 Walk forward, but in sort of a ‘cowboy’ walk with your legs still in the same position, one foot at a time
That it's a thriller, thriller night
1-2 Rest
3-4 Jump onto feet, one by one, look left, then right
5-6 Lift shoulders, bend legs a little and turn to face left. Have your arms bent but both towards the left
7-8 Pull arms in, in a sort of thrust
'Cause no-one gonna save you from the beasts about strike
1-2 (on 2) Have left leg straight down, and point right leg straight out to the right
3-4 (on 4) Have right leg straight down, and point left leg straight out to the left
You know it’s Thriller, Thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller
Thriller here tonight
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
Oh yah and Merry X-mas and what not.