Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 735 Dance Training
"One two three four... two two three four..."

"Dirty Dancing" choreographer Ortega, and assistant choreographer Miranda, the two borrowed from Ronald's old friend Debbie Reynolds' dance classroom through their relationship, and began to rehearse several scenes in the film. Massive dance scenes.

Three pairs of dancers with different sizes and crooked looks are starting to dance Ortega specially choreographed for them in front of the mirror, highlighting their own strengths.

"How is it? I think their dances are pretty good." Ronald took the assistant director Emile Adolino and watched them in the corner for a while.Taking advantage of the break, he asked about the status of assistant choreographer Miranda's training.

"It's not bad, but it's still far from Ortega's request, and we need to continue to step up rehearsals."

"Then leave it to you, let's go and see Patrick and Cynthia."

"They're in the dance studio next door." Miranda led the two of them to another dedicated dance studio.

While waiting for Miranda to open the door, Ronald looked back at a dancer who was twisting his hips. His movements were smooth and exaggerated. Although he looked ugly, he danced with a special charm.

Assistant director Emile has been with Ronald during this time, participating in the preparation of the film.He saw Ronald cast his gaze over asking for advice.

"The camera is at eye level, and the shot is slightly lowered, so the effect will be better. While expressing the hip-twisting characteristics of the dance, the facial expressions of the actors will not be lost."

Ronald nodded. It was about the same as he expected. Emil was used to filming live dance TV shows, and he was very experienced in which shots could best show the charm of dancing.This is exactly where he needs the other party to contribute his ability.

It is different from "break dancing" where one person dances alone, shoots with the camera, and lets the actors perform by themselves.

"Dirty dance" is a couple dance between men and women. The communication between the two partners through body, movement, and eye contact occupies a very similar proportion of the charm of the dance.How to arrange camera positions, how to light, and how to make sub-shots all need to be carefully designed.

It seemed as if he noticed that Ronald was looking at him, the lean dancer showed a smile, and then, together with his partner, came a very coquettish dance.

"Very good. I like this movement. You will practice this movement next time." Choreographer Ortega couldn't make all the dancers show the tacit understanding of dancing together since they were young. They practice a few movements to the proficiency level.

"Oh..." the dancer covered his face with his hands when he heard this.For dancers, it is a kind of torture for them to keep repeating a movement.

"Is he?" Ronald asked Emil when he saw the man's "enchanting" look.

"No, we are not all sissies as you imagine."

"Then how do you know he's not?" Ronald walked curiously with him to the dance studio next door.

"We seem to have a kind of radar between each other, and we will find each other in the crowd. In fact, many of us still look very masculine."

"Jennifer, what are you doing here? Didn't I tell you not to come?"

At the door of the dance studio, Ronald saw the sneaky Jennifer Gray.

"Oh, I want to see their dance rehearsals, and I want to learn as much as I can."

"Miranda," Ronald called to the assistant choreographer, "I have a task for you, inform everyone, and Jennifer is not allowed to appear here. Whenever you see her, call me and let her go. A dance move is not enough. Don't teach her, and don't watch."

"Why?" Jennifer Gray saw Patrick Switz and Cynthia Rhodes through the crack of the door just now. The dance between the two of them was warm and powerful. She wished she could take Cynthia's place and posted it with Switz. Together.

"Because I said it."

Ronald didn't want to explain too clearly to her.

In fact, Gray's current state of mind is very similar to that of Baby in the script. After seeing the ground-breaking dance, he wants to dance that close-fitting dance with the male lead, just like flirting.

But in the script, Baby is a girl who doesn't know how to dance dirty dance very much, so there are a series of plots in which the male protagonist Johnny teaches her dance from scratch.

If she starts practicing her dance moves now, when it comes time to shoot, she won't be able to act herself.

Knowing how to dance, acting like you can't dance, this kind of acting that seems familiar is a very advanced skill, and Ronald didn't believe that Jennifer could do it.

If Gray has already practiced to a certain degree of proficiency, it is very difficult to pretend that she is not good at dancing. She is not a dancer like Cynthia Rhodes and has little control over her body.

"Okay, then I'll wait outside for Patrick."

"Let's take a 10-minute break." Miranda asked the two protagonists to take a break, and exchanged the progress of dance training with Ronald by the way.

"Dancing well, I look very in tune with each other."

"Oh, Ronald." Cynthia Rhodes took a towel to wipe off the sweat, "Can you tell Ortega that we are so tired of dancing a set of high-intensity movements for ten hours a day?" gone."

"Really have to rest, or my ankle can't take it." Patrick Switz also echoed.

"I'll tell him. I'll be on vacation tomorrow. I'll invite everyone to go to the hot spring."

Seeing that everyone had grown disgusted with the boring and repetitive dance training, Ronald also knew that they couldn't continue, and wanted to find something to change their rhythm.

"Yeah..." Cynthia and Patrick congratulated each other with high fives.

"I have promised them that I will take a rest tomorrow and go to the hot spring for vacation." Ronald said to the choreographer Ortega who came in.

"Okay, Miranda, you go tell the boys and girls out there, but you have to work hard for me today."

"Yes, Sir", Cynthia simply hated the choreography.This kind of dance training method, the better you dance, the more restrained you feel.

After a short break, Patrick and Cynthia began rehearsing standard ballroom dancing again.

They are different from other ensemble performers who specialize in Dirty Dancing. There is also a scene where they perform extraordinary ballroom dancing in front of holiday guests, so they train harder than outsiders.

Seeing them dancing in tights, Ronald couldn't help frowning a little.

"What's the matter, they dance at a very high level." The assistant director, Emil, had seen a lot of dancers, and knew the level of these two. Among the actors who made musicals in Hollywood, they belonged to the top.

Patrick Switz's dance level is much higher than that of John Travolta, who represented America and danced with the Princess of Britain.Cynthia Rhodes is even more professional.In fact, it is more than enough for the two of them to perform Broadway musicals that require higher dancing standards.

"It seems a little too high, please stop."

Ronald called off rehearsal.He consulted with the choreographer, and Ortega nodded in agreement and went to work on a new dance move.

Then Ronald called Patrick Switz and Cynthia Rhodes together, "I asked Ortega to cut you a little dance level, don't dance too professionally.

In the movie, Johnny and Penny are children from poor families who have not received formal dance education. They are self-taught by watching dance shows on TV by themselves, and they need some wild moves.You try to adopt professional dance moves, and have more lovers' temperament. "

"Okay, let's discuss it."

In the subsequent dance training, Ronald really saw some exaggerated movements that were not very standard, but very fanciful.

Dance lovers are often unable to do extremely difficult movements, so it is often more work than professional dancers to renovate some small movements.

"Very well, just follow this path." Ronald was very satisfied with the choreographer Altega's ability to adapt movements according to circumstances, and the new movements achieved his expected effect very well.

"I said, don't be too strict with them. Long-term training will produce boredom and resistance. Try to have some entertainment time every day. I can find some movie copies to show them, or how they want to play, you Just let them play.

Working every day and no play makes a person a fool in no time. "Ronald still asked the choreographer Ortega to pay attention to let the dancers rest.

"They are all dancers. At the end of each day, I let them dance their favorite dance."

"very good!"

Ronald saw that the progress here was in line with expectations, and he thought that they had been able to perform the tacit understanding of dancing together since they were young when it was started.

"Let's go first and introduce you to a top expert in the industry." Ronald turned around and called the assistant director Emil, and the two left.

"Oh...sorry", Ronald opened the door and went out, just outside the door was a young man who was about to come in, the two pushed and pulled the door at the same time, and the door opened at an accelerated speed, almost hitting his head.

"It's okay, I didn't touch my hairstyle." The young man stroked his hair carefully, and looked at the mirror on the wall, but it was not messy.

"Are you looking for someone?" Ronald asked.

"I'm here to find Cynthia." The young man held out his hand, "My name is Richard."

"Cynthia's in there, but you'd better wait, she's still rehearsing the dance."

"Well, I'll wait for her here." Richard was so easy-going, and after hearing what Ronald said, he went out with him and waited outside the door.

"Are you from the dance circle or the film circle?"

"I'm a filmmaker, what about you?" Ronald chatted with him when he saw that the other party didn't recognize who he was.

His hair is interesting, in a high puff on top, but the sideburns are cut short and the back is long.

"I'm a singer, and I write songs for other people, and I might have a chance to write for Barbra Streisand someday."

"It's a good thing for you," Ronald nodded to him, and walked out with his assistant Emil.

"Who is this? It's so arrogant." Richard waited for a while, and found that no one cared about him, so he gently pulled away the people in the dance studio, stood in the corner, and looked at Cynthia with admiration in his eyes.

"Oh, she's so beautiful."

(End of this chapter)