Monday, 16 June 2014

Top 5 Dance films-Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, number 1


1. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdhAxh2y_6o
The 2004 hit classic for me is Dirty Dancing 2:Havana Nights where different cultures collide.
Technically the prequel to the all time 80s classic film and set during the Cuban revolution where travel was rare and social convention was set in stone.
Katy is an American student transferred to the Cuban culture putting her completely out her depth, more so when she enters a dance contest breaking all the rules of racism between the characters.
This is a typical film I would like purely for the themes (my favourite Disney film was Pocahontas), the idea of expressing yourself through dance and losing yourself to the music as Katy learns through the film is an incredible feeling when you learn how to since as her character comes from a background of professional dancers for her parents where I also have danced for years and used to dance to the step by step routines like Katy.
The music overall, other than the chorography and the expressive culture like any film completely brings it to life. From artists such as Mya, the original Hips Don't Lie demo and Cuban music that just makes every spectator want to dance(tried and tested on friends).


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