Your official New York Connection to "Thrill The World 2010", the 4th annual worldwide simultaneous dance of "Thriller" for world records and charity.
We (NYC) Dance Saturday, October 23rd, 7am & 7pm! SAVE THE DATE! (WHY 7AM?)
Welcome to the family plot!!
TTWNYC could not be a running organization without the help of many different volunteers and staff.
Current Staff:
Amada Anderson
Event Organizer/Director
Having moved from Miami to NY after acquiring a Musical Theatre degree from The University of Miami, Amada the official Karaoke Queen of Florida/Singer/Actress, died on a Saturday night at a local karaoke joint where her boa got caught and she fell off and was crushed by Mad Dog BILL the Mechanical Bull. Although she was born and raised in a small town in Indiana she always had big dreams of moving to NYC never knowing that the actual act of Dying would lead her to organizing a Thrill The World event and making millions of zombies dreams of dancing on Broadway come true! Before this sad day she had donated her time creating web-sites & had acted as a production assistant for various theatre companies throughout the city, as an actress she has over 30 stage credits from 17 different theatres including a touring production of The Unsinkable Molly Brown in the U.K. And she had just made her OFF-Broadway debut as Darcie in the play Danny, in which she was nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Play in the theatre festival Planet Connections Festivity. She is survived by her zombie fiancé Mr. Gene and her Mexican Family in South Florida. Donations and memorial gifts can be sent to www.manada.biz
Giseli Cavalcanti
TTWNYC PIcs Coordinator
She was born in 1977 and always loved to dance and be part of big events. her biggest dream was to be a prom queen , but when her wishes were only hours from being accomplished a great tragedy happened , on THAT SPECIAL DAY HER LIFE WAS CUT SHORT WHEN THE CEILING COLLAPSED AND KILLED HER ON THE SPOT. NOW SHE HUNTS EVERY PROM QUEEN THERE IS BECAUSE SHE WAS CUT SHORT OF HER MOMENT SO NO ONE ELSE should dare try to replace her... she's every prom queen worse nightmare praying that their day is just as bad as hers was.
Heliel Cavalcanti
Photographer/Staff
HELIEL WAS A SUCCESSFUL PHOTOGRAPHER WHO LOVED TO DRIVE AROUND IN HIS FERRARI, BUT ONE DAY WHEN HE WAS DRIVING AROUND LISTENING TO HIS FAVORITE MICHAEL JACKSON SONG THRILLER HE GOT DISTRACTED BY A PROM QUEEN ZOMBIE WHO WAS HUNTING THE ROADS ON THE LOOK FOR OTHER PROM QUEENS TO BE, AND THAT'S WHEN HE TRIED NOT TO KILL THE ALREADY DEAD ZOMBIE AND MADE A WRONG TURN THAT LED HIM TO FALL DOWN HILL AND INTO THE UN KNOWN .HE WAS NEVER FOUND SO WE BELIEVE HE STILL BARIED INSIDE HIS FERRARI SOMEWHERE DOWN THE HILL. BUT HIS PHOTOGRAPHER ZOMBIE SOUL LIVES TO HUNT EVERY PICTURE THAT HAS A BAD FLASH OR NOT ENOUGH LIGHT!
Anna Cordero
Finance Coordinator
Choked on a pizza and is now dancing as a zombie with cheese hanging from her mouth.
Krysti Ector...aka Sandra Dee
Promotions Coordinator/Media Relations/Marketing
Born with the dream to be the first ethnic Sandy on Broadway's Grease, Krysti spent countless hours mastering the Hand Jive, grease lightning and an aussie accent. Yet despite her efforts and countless auditions she was rejected for being too ethnic. Being a 'Beauty school drop out"...krysti said to herself " There are worse things I can do. " She didn't know what, when or how.
One ''summer night'' she found a wanted ad for dancing zombies. She responded to the ad. Lying on the application claiming to be deceased. It was all part of her plan of revenge. Believing if she won over the Zombies they would agree to wreck havoc on hollywood for rejecting her. It was time to put her acting and dance skills to the test. Pretending to be a Zombie was not easy but she did it.
Living a double life is stressful, having to conceal who she really is from the ghoulish gang that became her family, and lying to her Hungarian Prince Viktor that she's not working night shifts but indeed a lady of the night.
Would she become overwhelmed with the scent of rotten flesh and give up, or is her vengeance enough to withstand the funk. Sooner or later the thriller zombies would realize the ticking sound is not her watch but the rhythm of a beating heart. Luckily Krysti's metrocard is always filled in case she needs to make a run for it.
Kevin Gallagher
Makeup/Production Staff
Kevin being way too excited at the concert jumped into the pit and forever now attacks all those who follow.
Moses Harper
Production Staff/Dance Instructor
Moses accidentally turned on the radio to a station that was playing Yoko Ono unplugged, causing her heart failure. As paramedics rushed her body to the hospital, her spirit met up with Michael's. He told her it wasn't her time yet but promised he would visit her onstage before saying, "Go on girl!", and she was revived.
Scott Jurkowski
Lead Dance Instructor
At 26, Scott's was a life cut short about 25 years too late. With as much personality as a speed bump and all the charm of a blinding migraine, he lived his life with one all-consuming purpose: to come as close as humanly possible to looking like Mr. Burns doing an awful impression of Justin Timberlake. I think I speak for all who knew him when I say that Scott will be better off now, since he can finally lay to rest his narcissistic obsession with mirrors. And we are better off as well, since at no point will we ever again have to see him twice in one room. Scott died as he lived: an arrogant solipsist trying to prove something to someone who simply didn't give a damn. His ominous last words (“That's bullshit and you know it!”) rang loudly in the ears of those who witnessed the merciful rendering of Scott unto the nether-regions as he attempted to prove that the Uptown 1 Train was merely a random gathering of particles in the universe, which only took the metaphysical form that we perceived them to. In the end, I guess, perception is everything. Though he may now be undead, and roaming the streets of New York in an annoying, mindless bloodthirsty rage, I for one can't tell the difference. So if you see him, run. Not in fear of being brutally murdered (believe me, that would be a blessing) and recruited into the hellish army of feasting zombies (whom you'll find elsewhere, avoiding him), but because even a timely death hasn't sated his endless hunger for being right ALL the time, and if he gets you alone in a dark alley or an abandoned mall, he'll chew your ear off in more ways than one.
Abiit nemine salutato
Irene Kaoru
Promotions Coordinator/Media Relations/Marketing
While creating company identities and social media profiles, Irene was unknowingly bitten at an art show and only when she began gnawing on her red crayons thinking it was blood did she realize she must be dead. This however did not stop her from remaining as a dutiful citizen of the state of New York. She now creates flyers and logos for TTWNYC and dances Thriller in the rain.
David Liebowitz
Production Staff
Nikki LoPipero
Make Up Artist/Production Staff
A few days shy of turning 21, Nikki thought it would be a good idea to walk around NYC impersonating a zombie. Using her artistic skills with theater make-up she enjoyed watching the reactions of tourist and fellow New Yorkers a-like. Unfortunately she looked to much like the undead, a random guy named Leon decided to shoot her with a shot gun (he thought he was still in Raccoon City.) Now you can find Nikki using her artistic ability making the thriller zombies look even more undead.
Katrina McDaniels
Production Staff
Tripped and fell into a man-hole in Queens and then booty bounced her way out.
Cristine Nieves
Production Staff
Krystal Nuzzo
Production Staff
ttwnyc.choreographer1@gmail.com
In August of 2009, Krystal only two months shy of her 28th birthday died suddenly on her way back from a Thrill The World dance rehearsal. She was so excited that she was picked choreographer for the Long Island area. Krystal died waiting for the LIRR to come. She decided to practice in the station and she was so into it she didn't realize she hip n roared passed the yellow line and fell onto the third rail. She will be missed by all who love her. Krystal now a zombie herself has found her calling. She is teaching fellow zombies the thriller dance so they can join her and other zombies around the world for the Thrill The World event on October 24th 2009 at 8:30pm in NYC.
Maria Ocasio
Production Staff
Carmen Pena aka Zombie Pimp Sugar Mama
Venue Coordinator/Co-Organizer
After struggling for hours with the phone cord...Carmen eventually rotted and rolled all around NYC finding the perfect venue for TTWNYC...if you see her coming please don't kick her head.
Peter Pena
Promotions/Flyers
He had a stroke while printing on the printing press...and now wanders the streets throwing posters at random folks.
Founding Members:
Tarah Blasi
Dance Instructor for 2009
Tarah Blasi, a long time lover of dancing in the park, was rehearsing too close to a lamp post when a flash of lighting struck her, ending her performing life much too soon. Originally from Wichita Falls , Texas , Tarah was a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City . Since moving to New York , Tarah had studied dance, improvisation and acting techniques. She had also studied combat including whip cracking, rapier, hand-to-hand combat, rapier/dagger and broad sword. Tarah was touring with the National Theatre of the Deaf , but after her accident in the park, the company did not think it fit to allow her to perform for children any longer. Her favorite book was Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and maybe now with being dead and possessing several combat skills, she can be cast as the lead for the movie! Tarah ate her way to lead dance officer for Thrill The World NYC and can't wait to start eating her zombies....er, teaching her zombies. Visit her website www.tarahblasi.vpweb.com to see where life was leading her until this cruel twist of fate changed her plans...and appetite!
Xiomara Forman
Dance Instructor
Xiomara Forman was Born on December 11th, 1986, a cold stormy winter night. From the age of 5 until 22, Xiomara pursued a career in dance. She studied a variety of dance styles such as Ballet, Theater Dance, Jazz, Street Jazz and Hip-hop at a studio right here in NYC; Broadway Dance Center . She went on to teach dance to children, teens and adults of all ages at several studios and schools throughout New York State . Taking her career to the next level, Xiomara began a career as a back-up dancer for several different artists while also pursuing a career as a choreographer. At the age of 18 she began choreographing for many different events around the states and loved every second of it. It is safe to say that Xiomara's biggest inspiration as a dancer was the recently deceased Michael Jackson. He was everything she wanted to be as a dancer and entertainer and the reason why she began dancing in the first place. Xiomara had two wishes before she died: To meet Michael Jackson and also to never be forgotten. She always said she wanted to be remembered in a big way when it was her turn to pass. Her Funeral will be held Saturday October 24th in Time Square, NY. It will be a joint funeral with the many others who had Xiomara's same wishes. On this day everyones wishes will be granted. Come out and experience the Thrill...
Kathleen Marie
Graphic Designer
Kathleen Marie b. ?? d.1793
A la Mode a la Mort...
"At Versailles, a lovely Madame Kathleen,
thought to be a sublimely aesthete;
she laced her corset too tight,
for the grand gala that night.
Now she is highly bereaved."
www.KathleenMarie.net
Daniel Rivera
2009 Graphics/Production Staff
Daniel had an unfortunate run in with a printer at Kinkos but was able to put himself back together enough to finish the now blood soaked business cards.
Celena Sinkos
Photos/Production Staff
Celena was born and raised in Philadelphia , PA, and had not tasted a cheese steak since early 2003 when she became a vegetarian. However, she always thought that Steve's, the Prince of Steaks was the best. Celena first went on to receive a BFA in Fine Art/Photography from Kutztown University of PA. A few years later she then completed the program at the Hallmark Institute of Photography in Turners Falls , MA . And no, it had nothing to do with little gold crowns ;) After graduation, Celena moved to Manhattan and was currently working as a freelance photographer and assistant. After seeing a post via web about Thrill the World she responded, and soon found herself with fellow zombies, preparing for October 24th, 2009!!! Even after kicking the bucket, Celena will continue to photograph her fellow zombies to make sure that NYC obtains Guinness Book Status!! She survived by her four beloved children: Canon, Mamiya, Nikon, and Holga, in addition to her two cats: Koda, and Radish. The funeral was held on a bright sunny day at f16 and only lasted about 1/125 sec. In lieu of film, CF cards may be sent to the Celena Sinko Photography Fund. Arrangements made by the CELENA SINKO PHOTOGRAPHY, www.celenasinko.com , New York , NY
