The Academy Award
winning film, Dirty Dancing is considered to be
one of the greatest dance moves ever made,
launching the careers of Patrick Swayze and
Jennifer Grey.
All the excitement and success of this 1987
blockbuster is about to strike again with Dirty
DAncing, The Classic Story on Stage.
Live on stage for the first time ever, Dirty
Dancing, The Classic Story on Stage, will
re-live and revive Eleanor Bergstein's
magnificent coming of age story.
This timeless story is based upon the author's
warm recollections of summer vacations spent in
the Catskills with her parents as a teenager.
Interestingly, Ms Bergstein wrote the script
after first choosing the music. This novel
approach clearly worked with the theme of the
songs - "It was the time when your parents'
music was no longer their own and you couldn't
separate the lyrics from what was happening in
your heart".
The captivating story takes place at a resort
called Kellerman's, in Catskill, New York in the
summer of 1963 and centres around the
realtionship between daddy's girl , Frances
"Baby" Houseman, and a talented, intense and
handsome dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
The musical score is packed with both
contemporary 80's and period numbers, including
the smash hit and Academy Award Winner for Best
Song, "Time of My Life".
This is a story about not being afraid of what
people think, not being afraid to break the
rules and is as relevant today as it ever was.
