Before Kenny Ortega made a name for himself with such franchises as Disney’s “High School Musical” and “Descendants” and created show-stopping videos and stage shows, he sang and danced flamenco wi…
” was based on a style called the grind. He remembers that during his adolescence, its popularity could shut down a school-sanctioned celebration.
“I have this ability to communicate with actors and not throw them off their center and not intimidate them with movement,” he says. He has a knack for “finding an organic way of getting them to move.” The show didn’t take, even though they made two versions of it, but Mischer says he was struck by how “unbelievably creative and innovative” Ortega’s choreography was and mentions a performance set to Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” that was filmed in what looked like a rainstorm with water slowly drenching the dancers.
Ortega was also the creative partner and director for three of Michael Jackson’s world tours, including the prophetically named “This Is It.” Ortega turned footage of that tour into a posthumous documentary to honor Jackson after the King of Pop’s death in 2009.
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