Some of the best dance movies ever are being remake lately or given a sequel treatment.
This month we see the new Center Stage 2: Turn It Up going to widescreen in selected cinema, starring the choreographer of TV Dancelife fame, Kenny Wormald and the new comer Rachele Brooke Smith. The story is not a continuation of the first installment of the series. This time it is about the self taught dancer failing the Ballet Company audition and turn to Hip Hop Club to improve her skill with Kenny’s Character.
On the DVD this week you may want to check out Step Up 2 from last summer heat of dancing movies, a sequel that have a weak link to the first movie character by Channing Tatum where his adopted sister is a rebel street dancer and been accepted to go to the same school and have to find her own style and determination and reason to keep dancing either in the street dance scene or in the school.
Of course how can we forget the Anthonio Banderas’s Take the Lead when we talk about movie. This funny come of age story about a bunch of inner child going into dancing class in detention and the finding the alternative in their very life imbedded environment and going against the tide and finding there’s more to life than any of their daily experience including their dances.
Well you can get all the first installment to the sequel mention above now. Channing Tatum’s Step Up show both the acting talent and the dancing skill of a great dedicated actor, and the character of a young man trapped in the adopted family surviving on welfare to a possible career in dances through serving public service in the art school and finding himself in love and himself in dances professionally.
Center Stage however has already the character in the Ballet Academy and now is the truth and cruel reality that all Ballet dancers faces in the world of professional ballet and the scrutiny they have to overcome and the competition and their own take on their further career.
Save the Last Dance we see a side of Julia Stiles that many know of but haven’t seen to the test. Julia character find herself in her father’s apartment after the tragic death of her mother in the big city in Chicago and enroll to a school with majority inner city black kid. The difference in culture and environment shock are totally contradicted with her effort to finish her commitment to finish what she started with her mom, to enroll in the most prestigious Ballet. Instead she found a new encouragement in her new Black Boyfriend and a renewed ambition to achieving what she has started to pursue and let go with a greater and different perspective and passion.
After we have gone through all the closest of the century dance movie let’s go for some oldies, First up Flashdance, is the first ever dancing movie I have memory of. Though there’s almost hardly any dances in the first half of the movie but to see a full routine performed in the audition in the end….. Pittsburgh have never seen in better light than those shown in this movie. Totally underdog achieving success story.
Of course how can you not talk about Footloose when there’s a remake that would showcase the most popular tween in the world getting remake as soon as possible in the near couple of months? What can you say? Kevin Bacon Sexy!!! And think what would Zac be doing this time. If that wasn’t an enough buzz, the story of a musically banned city of Chicago (Again!) Ren (Kevin Bacon) is the rebel kid in view of the coming prom with his classmates decided to make a break and dance the night away with the most realistic and touching performance in Choreography in this coming of age movie.
How would we leave a dance movie review without talking about Dirty Dancing. The movie that have been banned from over 30 country for the political and sauciness of the choreography. And then remarkably, the banned is taken off and we see Patrick Swayze strut his stuff as the mature dance teacher to a privileged young lady who become infatuated while dancing the sexually charged Salsa….. the accusation, the breaking of the taboo, the possibility of all relationship is depicted in this simple yet complicated story line.
This month we see the new Center Stage 2: Turn It Up going to widescreen in selected cinema, starring the choreographer of TV Dancelife fame, Kenny Wormald and the new comer Rachele Brooke Smith. The story is not a continuation of the first installment of the series. This time it is about the self taught dancer failing the Ballet Company audition and turn to Hip Hop Club to improve her skill with Kenny’s Character.
On the DVD this week you may want to check out Step Up 2 from last summer heat of dancing movies, a sequel that have a weak link to the first movie character by Channing Tatum where his adopted sister is a rebel street dancer and been accepted to go to the same school and have to find her own style and determination and reason to keep dancing either in the street dance scene or in the school.
Of course how can we forget the Anthonio Banderas’s Take the Lead when we talk about movie. This funny come of age story about a bunch of inner child going into dancing class in detention and the finding the alternative in their very life imbedded environment and going against the tide and finding there’s more to life than any of their daily experience including their dances.
Well you can get all the first installment to the sequel mention above now. Channing Tatum’s Step Up show both the acting talent and the dancing skill of a great dedicated actor, and the character of a young man trapped in the adopted family surviving on welfare to a possible career in dances through serving public service in the art school and finding himself in love and himself in dances professionally.
Center Stage however has already the character in the Ballet Academy and now is the truth and cruel reality that all Ballet dancers faces in the world of professional ballet and the scrutiny they have to overcome and the competition and their own take on their further career.
Save the Last Dance we see a side of Julia Stiles that many know of but haven’t seen to the test. Julia character find herself in her father’s apartment after the tragic death of her mother in the big city in Chicago and enroll to a school with majority inner city black kid. The difference in culture and environment shock are totally contradicted with her effort to finish her commitment to finish what she started with her mom, to enroll in the most prestigious Ballet. Instead she found a new encouragement in her new Black Boyfriend and a renewed ambition to achieving what she has started to pursue and let go with a greater and different perspective and passion.
After we have gone through all the closest of the century dance movie let’s go for some oldies, First up Flashdance, is the first ever dancing movie I have memory of. Though there’s almost hardly any dances in the first half of the movie but to see a full routine performed in the audition in the end….. Pittsburgh have never seen in better light than those shown in this movie. Totally underdog achieving success story.
Of course how can you not talk about Footloose when there’s a remake that would showcase the most popular tween in the world getting remake as soon as possible in the near couple of months? What can you say? Kevin Bacon Sexy!!! And think what would Zac be doing this time. If that wasn’t an enough buzz, the story of a musically banned city of Chicago (Again!) Ren (Kevin Bacon) is the rebel kid in view of the coming prom with his classmates decided to make a break and dance the night away with the most realistic and touching performance in Choreography in this coming of age movie.
How would we leave a dance movie review without talking about Dirty Dancing. The movie that have been banned from over 30 country for the political and sauciness of the choreography. And then remarkably, the banned is taken off and we see Patrick Swayze strut his stuff as the mature dance teacher to a privileged young lady who become infatuated while dancing the sexually charged Salsa….. the accusation, the breaking of the taboo, the possibility of all relationship is depicted in this simple yet complicated story line.
Of course not to forget the not so covered Diego Luna take on the Dirty Dancing sequel. Dancing the real thing in Cuba when dances and music of original salsa is consider political rebellion. Of course it won’t go too far from the storyline of the privileged girl meeting the poor local kid and learning and having the experience to dance the real Salsa as every Latin hear the beat in their hearts. Watch out for the small appearance of Patrick Swayze as his original role in this one.
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