About

Zombies get your dancing shoes on and join the Thriller Dance mob in the streets of Portsmouth next Halloween! The Portsmouth Halloween Parade is always October 31st. Check back here for the latest Thriller Dance news. Dance class times and locations are listed in the above link. We are finished for the 2009 season and will be starting up again in August/September 2010. If you would like to be included please let us know and we’ll add you to our list!

ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZER

Tara Walker Sullivan

Tara Sullivan is an artist, illustrator, and graphic/web designer originally from Texas. As a lifelong enthusiast of all things creative who suddenly had a lot of time on her hands, Tara took on the project of organizing and marketing the performance art piece for the Halloween Parade called “Thriller”.

Prior to this, she has designed for both print and web and partnered with companies such as Vera Wang, McGraw-Hill Publishing, Harvard University, and William Arthur. A public speaker and social media advocate, Tara holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Plymouth State University and awards from the American Advertising Federation.

You’ll generally find her participating in anything that’s unusual or imaginative and networking. When not indulging in all things artistic, she enjoys hiking the Whites, baking, and painting as well as spending time with her husband Brian.
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ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTORS

Cathleen Delaney

Cathleen Delaney has always loved to dance! She started out with tap, jazz and ballet in the early years, and from there took to ballet with a fierce passion. The majority of her classical ballet training took place with the Robertson’s School in which she danced in various Seacoast Ballet Company’s productions of The Nutcracker, Giselle, Swan Lake, and Midsummer Night’s Dream, among others. She then continued her dancing experiences with competitive colorguard and winterguard teams in high school, as well as musical theater and dance in college. Today, you will find her taking Street Funk classes at Portsmouth School of Ballet, which is where she met co-teacher of “Thriller”, Stacie Paradis.

In Cathleen’s professional life, she most recently acquired her Masters in Elementary Education and has been working in various classrooms within the Seacoast area as a teacher and reading tutor. Previous to that, she worked at The Timberland Company as an Apparel Assistant Planner.

In her personal life, Cathleen loves to remain physically and socially active, as well as spending time with her sweethearts, Brian, and kitty cat, Jasmine. Reading a good book and listening to music also brings her joy. Life is an incredible journey and living life to the fullest is her mantra.

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Stacie Paradis

Stacie Paradis is the founder of Paradise Fitness, 
www.paradisefitnessonline.com. She is a certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor through the Aerobic and Fitness Association of America (AFAA), is an official Zumba®, Zumba Toning® and Zumbatomic® instructor, is a Masala Bhangra Workout instructor and was the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of New Hampshire Cheerleaders.

Her interest in health, fitness and dance has been life long. She started dancing at the age of 5 and was introduced to hip-hop dance and started choreographing as a member of various cheerleading squads in Rochester, NH. After high school she continued to gain dance experience as a member of the University of New Hampshire cheerleading squad and still takes as many adult dance classes as her schedule allows.

Stacie is also an avid recreational runner, having completed numerous 5K and 10K races as well as three half-marathons and two marathons. She, and her fiance Chris, also keep busy playing with their three dogs Simon, Zeus and Tyson.

Stacie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Syracuse University, in New York. She spent much of her career in the magazine publishing industry based in New York City, working for titles such as Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, LIFE and U.S. News & World Report.