Hello!

[JenSwayze]

:D Hello Im sure you can tell by my little nickname here who first got me interested in dancing, and I may not be alone in that notion :lol:
I just wanted to introduce myself to this message board!! I have read over some of the topics, and wow, you guys really know what you're talking about...maybe I can get a few pointers after all.
Thanks for reading this (if you did) :wink:

[pygmalion]

Hey Jen!

Isn't that "practicing the lift in the lake" scene great?

Welcome to the forums.

Jenn

[DanceMentor]

Hi JenSwayze,

Welcome, and thanks for joining. :D

I hope you'll have some great experiences here. I hope you'll participate in some of the discussions (and start your own) and make friends with us.

Sometime...I'll have to tell you about my experience with the "Dirty Dancing lift".

Thanks,
David

[JenSwayze]

the lifts are awesome. And who doesnt love the final scene?

I would love to hear your lift stories...Email me any time you like, or share right here.
I enjoy talking to people with the same interests as I do. Perhaps the majority here are much more experienced and trained than I am.Well of course you are. I'm mostly self taught.
Theres always room to learn!
In fact I have alot of room.

thanks again! Jen

[dancergal]

Hi Jen, welcome! I love that movie too. One of my faves. Check out "Weird and/or funny dance floor stories" under "Funstuff & Inspriation" if you want to read about Dancementor's Dirty Dancing story. It's pretty funny! :D

[d nice]

Hi Jen welcome to the forums!

Great movie... as indacted by my signature
philia=love
myso=dirt
choro=dance

chromysophilia=love of dirty dancing.

[Spitfire]

Welcome aboard Jen. :D

Yes, that was a great movie. :D

[MissAlyssa]

THAT'S MY FAVE MOVIE TOO!!!! I love it. Welcome to the boards Jen. I hope you find the forums very fun and welcoming! :D

[youngsta]

Welcome to our little spot Jen :D . Keep this on the downlow will you...I've never seen Dirty Dancing in it's entirety. Just bits and pieces.

[MissAlyssa]

Welcome to our little spot Jen :D . Keep this on the downlow will you...I've never seen Dirty Dancing in it's entirety. Just bits and pieces.

:shock: whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat... :shock:

[youngsta]

Yep, it's true. :?

[MissAlyssa]

Yep, it's true. :?


:cry:

[Vince A]

Hi Jen welcome to the forums!

Great movie... as indacted by my signature
philia=love
myso=dirt
choro=dance

chromysophilia=love of dirty dancing.
Hi Jen . . . again . . . welcome . . .

Hey d nice . . . did anyone have the nerve to ask you what "choromysophilia" was??? Hope there is no cure for it!

[pygmalion]

I asked him, but I used a PM, in case it was something contagious. :lol:

[Vince A]

I asked him, but I used a PM, in case it was something contagious. :lol:
Oh . . . like me . . . you didn't want to be all :oops: ???

[JenSwayze]

but I definately have to second that WHAT!!!
Everyone should see dirty dancing, and if you can, the dvd. the extra features are awesome, of course theres tons of dancing. (of course). They also have the dirty dancing concert straight from the 80's, with all the original dancers from the movie, its great.
Now you decide if im obsessed or not :lol:

Any Flashdance lovers?

[Vince A]

but I definately have to second that WHAT!!!
Everyone should see dirty dancing, and if you can, the dvd. the extra features are awesome, of course theres tons of dancing. (of course). They also have the dirty dancing concert straight from the 80's, with all the original dancers from the movie, its great.
Now you decide if im obsessed or not :lol:

Any Flashdance lovers?
Hey, that's with another Jennifer, correct???

[mellody43]

I'm brand new here too.

And I will add two odd dance movie tidbits:

JLo and Richard Gere will star in a US version of "Shall We Dance?" (a sweet Japanese film about an uptight business man who learns to ballroom dance). JLo? Gere? :shock: Ew.

Second -- there is a Latin "Dirty Dancing" in the works. Not quite sure what I think of that yet :-)

Melissa

[JenSwayze]

of course the lovely Jennifer Beals...werent the 80's the best for dance movies?

On the issue about the new dirty dancing film, i'll be very skeptical until I see it. Im sure the dancing will be great, but living up to patrick swayze, jennifer grey, and cynthia rhodes? I really doubt it. but we'll have to see. i'll admit im wrong if i am in the end! :)

[Vince A]

On the issue about the new dirty dancing film, i'll be very skeptical until I see it. Im sure the dancing will be great, but living up to patrick swayze, jennifer grey, and cynthia rhodes? I really doubt it. but we'll have to see. i'll admit im wrong if i am in the end! :)
I'm sure the new movie will every bit as good as the original . . . as far as getting dancers living up to Swayze, Grey, and Rhodes . . .??? The producers could always film d nice or myself "dirty dancing," then superimpose the star's heads on our bodies for the movie . . . :roll:

[d nice]

I asked him, but I used a PM, in case it was something contagious. :lol:

It is contageous... one good dance and it changes your perspective forever.

[d nice]

I'm sure the new movie will every bit as good as the original . . . as far as getting dancers living up to Swayze, Grey, and Rhodes . . .??? The producers could always film d nice or myself "dirty dancing," then superimpose the star's heads on our bodies for the movie . . . :roll:

Together? I think that would be a different kind of movie than what they were planning.

Now all girl blues dancing... :shock: :D 8)

WOOT!

[Vince A]

I'm sure the new movie will every bit as good as the original . . . as far as getting dancers living up to Swayze, Grey, and Rhodes . . .??? The producers could always film d nice or myself "dirty dancing," then superimpose the star's heads on our bodies for the movie . . . :roll:

Together? I think that would be a different kind of movie than what they were planning.

Now all girl blues dancing... :shock: :D 8)

WOOT!
I knew right after I hit 'submit' that I had left myself wide open!!!

Are you leading???

[JenSwayze]

Hehe so who will be swayze and who will be grey? hehe :lol:

[Vince A]

Hehe so who will be swayze and who will be grey? hehe :lol:
I don't think either of us want to go there . . . but I guess . . . it would depend on who had the biggest . . . er, uh . . . feet!

[youngsta]

I'm really dreading Dirty Dancing 2. I saw the trailer and I really don't think it will do salsa any justice. Hopefully I'm totally wrong, but I have a bad feeling.

[MissAlyssa]

Flashdance is great! Remember Footloose? I heard the new DD2 is called "Havana Nights". I haven't seen anything about it but I'm not too confident that it will live up to the origional.

[SDsalsaguy]

Hiya JenSwayze and mellody43…just wanted to add my welcome as well :D

FYI, they were filming for the Shall We Dance re-make this past week at the USDSC.

[pygmalion]

Hey JenSwayze,


Here's a sad, sad thing. I've never seen the whole Flashdance movie *sigh * . I hate to admit it. All I've seen is the two-bit, lowdown, rip-off by J-Lo, and passing clips of Flashdance.

Questions: How does the dancing in the two compare? Is Flashdance out on DVD? Does JLo really have thighs like that, or was she airbrushed? The world may never know ....

[dancersdreamland]

Welcome to the Forum, JenSwayze. You're certainly among kindred dancing spirits here.

Dirty Dancing is definately one of my all-time favorite dance movies. You just gotta love Patrick and his ultra-suave grooves.

Flashdance is another classic. I think almost everyone who's ever seen that movie has wanted to be a dancer...even if for only a moment. Gotta love it!

The new dirty dancing movie "Havana Nights" is scheduled for release in February 2004 (just in time for Valentine's Day). Patrick does have a role in the film, but he is not a lead dance character. Check out the official site for more info, to view the trailer, or browse through screen stills: http://www.dirtydancinghavananights.com/home.html. There is also a brief plot synopsis and cast info on my site: www.dancersdreamland.com.

Upcoming dance movies:
~ A Time for Dancing ~ based on the same titled book by Davida Wills Hurwin about a young dancer and her best friend whose one dream is to make it into Julliard. Tragedy strikes as one falls terminally ill. A MUST read!

~ Camp ~ Follow the summer of a hip teenage group as "stars to be" head to a summer camp of the arts.

~ The Company ~ A behind the scene look at the world and life of a ballet company. Starring Neve Campbell

~ Havana Nights ~ The sequal to Dirty Dancing.

~ Shall We Dance ~ A remake of the 1996 Japanese film of the same name. If you haven't yet seen the 1996 film, you MUST see it. It's light hearted and fun.

~ You Got Served ~ Follows the competitive world of street dancing where crews battle for money and respect.

For more information on these upcoming movies, check out the my site. From the main page select "Fun" and then "Movies." If you know of other soon to be release films, please let me know as I'd love to add them to the Dream Land.

[Swing Kitten]

It's ok pygmalion, I've only seen clips of Flashdance too!

[Swing Kitten]

Hey d nice . . . did anyone have the nerve to ask you what "choromysophilia" was???

Yeah, I had to ask too. the 'myso' was beyond my off-hand knowledge and I read the choro + the 'm' as chrom as in color.... let's just say I was confused! All better now!

[MissAlyssa]

J-Lo doesn't even compare to the real flashdance (but she didn't tarnish the name)

[Vince A]

J-Lo doesn't even compare to the real flashdance (but she didn't tarnish the name)
Dancing wise? Acting?? Looks and body???

[pygmalion]

I still think she has airbrushed thighs! :shock: :lol:

But, in all honesty, she's a beautiful and talented woman, with nice hair, a nice body, and nice dance moves. Gotta give her props. :D

[Vince A]

Airbrushed??? As in too smooth???

She is somewhat chunky in the thigh and hip department, but she is just so sexy all-over that she even makes them look sexy!

[Swing Kitten]

...thank you for that Vince...

[pygmalion]

Hey Swing Kitten.

Don't let that Vince bother you. Virtually anybody with multiple millions of dollars, a huge staff to cater to their every whim, and photographers waiting with their "airbrushes" in hand, could look like that.

At least, that's what I keep telling myself. :lol: :lol:

[Swing Kitten]

Vince has multiple millions of dollars, a huge staff to cater to their every whim, and photographers waiting with their "airbrushes" in hand?? Or are we talking about Martha Stewart?? :wink:

[MissAlyssa]

J-Lo doesn't even compare to the real flashdance (but she didn't tarnish the name)
Dancing wise? Acting?? Looks and body???

Dancing and acting...it's a toss up over who's cuter Jlo or Jennifer Beals.

[pygmalion]

Vince has multiple millions of dollars, a huge staff to cater to their every whim, and photographers waiting with their "airbrushes" in hand?? Or are we talking about Martha Stewart?? :wink:

Even "airbrushes" couldn't help dear old Martha! :evil:

By the way, I forget. What is this thread about, anyway?

[Vince A]

Are you three picking on me??? I'm just stirring the pot!

I like JLo, but unless you're only doing some hip hop moves, JBeals is the no doubt the better dancer. Better looking too!

Martha Stewart will need the "airbrushes" to eventually decorate her prison cell!!!

[salsarhythms]

Youngsta,

Stop typing for a sec.

Let go of the mouse.

Pull your seat away from your computer.

Get up.

Put some pants on.

Grab your keys.

Grab your wallet.

Get in the car/bus/train...whatever...

Go to Blockbuster and rent it today.

[pygmalion]

Sorry, youngsta.

Gotta say I agree with salsarhythms on this one. You are eighties-era culturally deprived, man. Not to mention aspiring dancer-ly challenged!

Get out and rent that movie today. :lol: :lol:

[youngsta]

hahahah...but I don't wanna see it all :cry:

[pygmalion]

Okay, youngsta. I guess I'll forgive you, since the eighties are way over. :lol:

By the way, folks, Jennifer Beals didn't do the dancing in Flashdance, a body double did. I knew there was something bugging me about this thread.

I couldn't find the body double's name anywhere. Does anybody know it? If not, I'll keep googling til I figure it out.

[pygmalion]

Oh yes! I do love google! :wink:

The body double in Flashdance is Marine Jahan. I was able to find lots of articles on google and ask jeeves, and now I remember. There was quite a controversy at the time, because the body double wasn't credited, then she got bent out of shape when the movie was a big hit. She was on a few talk shows too, if I remember correctly.

Hard to find her name, though. She's listed as "dancer for Jennifer Beals" under cast and crew for Flashdance on Blockbuster.com.

Can't beat google for a good time! :D

[MissAlyssa]

how ghetto! after all these years of thinking jennifer beals was a goddess...waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :cry:

[youngsta]

Jennifer Beals IS a goddess! Have you seen her recently? Man she is beautiful!!

[MissAlyssa]

No I haven't. Has she done any movies recently?

[youngsta]

Oh yeah, check out Runaway Jury, The Anneversary Party, or The Last Days of Disco.

[MissAlyssa]

ok. are they fairly new? can I get them on DVD?

[youngsta]

Should be able to get all of them on DVD. They all came out in the last 4 years.

[MissAlyssa]

good, VHS stinks...plus DVDs have all the cool features :P

[SDsalsaguy]

Thanks for rubbing it in... :wink:

[MissAlyssa]

neener neener *sticks out tongue* :P DVD players are at a very reasonable price nowadays!

[SDsalsaguy]

I know it is in a different thread, but please don't forget that I take out student loans for a living... :?

[MissAlyssa]

:? oh yea :?

[Swing Kitten]

You guys know each other already!! shoo shoo shooo shooo this is the Hello thread... how did we spend the last page talking about Dirty Dancing? :lol:

I think it would be nice for this thread to serve the very special purpose of allowing a very special place for people (very special people even) to say "Hello"

Of course I'm open to suggestions if anyone has other ideas. :D

[SDsalsaguy]

:lol:

Ok, point taken Swing Kitten :wink:

[pygmalion]

Hey, Swing Kitten. Dirty Dancing is something we can, and should, talk about at every opportunity. :lol:

That said, you're right, we should make at least some small attempt to stay on topic. ... Most of the time. :lol:

[youngsta]

JenSwayze started it...how is Dirty Dancing not on topic when started by a Swayze?! :P

[pygmalion]

Touche'. :lol:

[dancersdreamland]

After all this, I seem to have forgotten the topic. :? Is it hello? Is it dirty dancing? Is it dance flicks of the eighties?

Oh so many questions... :?: :?: :?:

Seriously though:

A big HELLO to JenSwayze...
Dirty Dancing is a fab flick...
Gotta love Jennifer Beals (even if she didn't do the dancing, she'll still forever be a dancer in my heart)
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is another fun eighties dance flick

Okay, I think I managed to stay on topic...sort of. :P

[MissAlyssa]

what WAS the topic :lol:

[dancersdreamland]

It appears that the topic was originally and intro from JenSwayze which digressed to Dirty Dancing, which really wasn't a digression since that's what her screen name goes with. Then it switched over to Flashdance. Then to DVDs and DVD players.

In my opinion, this board has become a melting pot...a catchall for all of the items named above and anything that digresses from them. :wink:

[MissAlyssa]

oh well then we can just talk about whatever we want :lol:

[suek]

swing kitten suggested i do this...so here i am.

joined last week, at dnice's suggestion. he's my lindy/bal/swing dance/i want to be the world's best follow--please help me teacher.

i've been swing dancing for about two years now. started dancing in general about 4 years ago (country line dancing and 2stepping--don't do that at all now).

took some general ballroom lessons, then ECS. from ECS to charleston and i've never looked back.

i take lots of classes--met damon and started studying with him about 18 months ago. right now am taking lindy, bal, carolina shag and hiphop.

social dance at least 1.5x/week (some dances are every other week).

and i take workshops and go to camps. this year was my first camp year; went to catalina, lindy summit and camp hollywood.

am specializing in balboa and collegiate shag. which is funny, because until recently no one in sacramento was doing either of those dances. thankfully, damon has started teaching bal, which is great for me, because i get more practice and i get more leads with whom to dance! yay.

am 52 years old (hence my signature) and sorry every single day that i waited so long to start dancing. suffer with a neuroma in my left foot (an affliction of middle-aged dancers and runners; great). use different kinds of mechanical workarounds and -- sadly -- dance a little less than i'd like.

enough bio...glad to be here.

[MissAlyssa]

WOW! Still going strong!

[Danish Guy]

...... and sorry every single day that i waited so long to start dancing.


Being sorry won’t do any good.
Just appreciate you started, and continue to have fun with the dance. 8)

And welcome to the forum Suek. :D

[pygmalion]

(country line dancing and 2stepping--don't do that at all now).

You're not interested in C&W anymore? Or did swing just take over your soul? Just curious.


right now am taking lindy, bal, carolina shag and hiphop.

Do you feel the hiphop is helping with your other dances? That's what I experienced. Something about all those isolations and cotractions just spills over into control in other dances as well for me. Do you agree?

and i take workshops and go to camps. this year was my first camp year; went to catalina, lindy summit and camp hollywood.


Talk to me about the camps. I'm shopping around, trying to put together a schedule and goals for the next year or two. There's another thread on dance camp recommendations. Please share your experience.

enough bio...glad to be here.
I'm glad you're here, too. Welcome, suek! :D

[Swing Kitten]

Thanks Sue!! I'm glad we got to learn a little more about you and I look forward to seeing you on the board! :D I also would like to see your idea and opinions on the questions Jenn (pygmalion) asked!! YAY!!

[JenSwayze]

my post topic is still going, im proud....and amused by all the many conversations :lol: I know jennifer beals is gorgeous. i heard she didnt do any of the difficult dancing either...which is why she got alot of flack after the movie came out, poor girl! i still love her.

[dancersdreamland]

suek - Thanks for the bio...it's fun to get to know about our forum friends! And props to you for dance-dance-dancing! Keep goin strong!

Just thought of another topic related to this board...Footloose was another 80s dance movie and another movie with a dancing body double. Talk away!

[pygmalion]

Whaaaaaaaat! Who's the body double in footloose?

[dancersdreamland]

I don't know the body double's name, but the part where Kevin Bacon is in the old run down mill...the part where he's really mad and dancing off his agression...I heard that's not really him. :cry:

[suek]

You're not interested in C&W anymore? Or did swing just take over your soul? Just curious.

Swing has definitely taken over. Not only don't I dance country any more, I can barely stand to listen to it and that's different. Although I was never a big country fan. But I listened to a lot of Dixie Chicks and Robert Earl Keen. Not so much any more. Now I listen to Louis, Ella, Count Basie, Bobby Darin, Billie Holliday............it's gotta swing.

Talk to me about the camps. I'm shopping around, trying to put together a schedule and goals for the next year or two. There's another thread on dance camp recommendations. Please share your experience.

Camps were overwhelming, fun, exhausting, fun. I'm in the minority...I went to class almost every single time period and went to bed relatively early. Very little late-nite dancing for me...Of the three camps I went to--Catalina, Lindy Summit and Camp Hollywood--I think the first and last were the most valuable for me. I prefer camps with more than one class per time slot; more choice, more likely to meet my somewhat obscure needs (balboa and collegiate shag). If I find the dance camp recommendations thread, I'll post this there too.

Thanks for asking; this is fun.

[MissAlyssa]

Whaaaaaaaat! Who's the body double in footloose?

really huh?..

[pygmalion]

Hey dancergal.

I'll see if I can find the name of the body double in google! Google has never failed me so far! :lol:

[pygmalion]

Hi suek!

Good to see you back here. :D

Looks like you have great taste in swing music. :D

Thanks for the pointers on dance camps. Not sure yet what I'm going to do, but I'l keep your info in mind. There are a lot of camps out there, but I'm sure a swing camp or two is simewhere in my future.

Thanks!

Jenn

[dancergal]

Hey dancergal.

I'll see if I can find the name of the body double in google! Google has never failed me so far! :lol:

Hey pygmalion, there's only one dancegal here. I think you must mean someone else. :?

[pygmalion]

Sorry, dancergal. It was 1:00 in the morning, and I did around ten posts. Just got ya mixed up. :cry: That's what I get for being such an active participant in Insomniacs are us. Sleep deprivation is really bad for a person!


Sorry again.

Jenn

[SDsalsaguy]

Sleep deprivation is really bad for a person!
WHAT??? Do you want your Insomniacs-R-Us membership up for review? Bad for one's coherence, maybe... but bad for a person? Never I tell you!!! :wink:

[dancergal]

Sorry, dancergal. It was 1:00 in the morning, and I did around ten posts. Just got ya mixed up. :cry: That's what I get for being such an active participant in Insomniacs are us. Sleep deprivation is really bad for a person!

:lol: No worries, Jenn! I was just giving you a bad time. :D Just remember, you need your sleep to be sharp on the dance floor!! And don't foget the bags under the eyes!!!

[pygmalion]

Good point. I'm not worried about the bags under the eyes, but I do intend to have my focus together so I can DANCE! :D

[dancersdreamland]

Anyone dig up anything on Kevin Bacon's footloose dance double?

After a quick search through the IMDB, I found "Peter Tramm" listed as a "stunt dancer" in the credits.

That's all I can find... :?

[pygmalion]

Yeah. Peter Tramm is the only name I found, too.

[Vince A]

That guy is in so many movies!!!

[dancersdreamland]

That guy is in so many movies!!!

Really? :? Like what??? :?:

[Vince A]

That guy is in so many movies!!!

Really? :? Like what??? :?:
Besides Footloose, the only ones that I can think of off the top of my head are "American Anthem," and "Staying Alive."

I see his name quite often. He was in a recent popular dance film I believe, but can't think of which one???

[dancersdreamland]

Hmm...I'll have to do some heavy research. THANKS for the info! :P

[Pacion]

Hi JenSwayze,

Welcome, and thanks for joining. :D

I hope you'll have some great experiences here. I hope you'll participate in some of the discussions (and start your own) and make friends with us.

Sometime...I'll have to tell you about my experience with the "Dirty Dancing lift".

Thanks,
David

Hey David! I don't think you have told this story as yet :wink: The Enquiring minds are waiting :lol: