Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Rosa, Robby.
2. Alvarado, Magali.
3. Garrison, Miranda.
4. Alvarado, Angela.
5. Orona, Moon.
6. Ortega, Kenny

Description

1. 1 cassette. 98 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Young Hispanic-American aspires to win a salsa dancing competition at a local nightclub. Includes numerous dance scenes, among them competitions and rehearsals, a dance set against a billboard, a seduction scene incorporating dance, and a "bullfight" on the street by a woman and a man on a motorcycle.

Subject

1. Salsa (Dance)

Genre/Form

1. Latin dancing.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-868

Note

1. Motion picture originally released in 1988 by Cannon Films; rereleased as a videotape in 1988 by Cannon Video, Los Angeles, California. Producers: Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. Associate producer: Kenny Ortega. Director: Boaz Davidson.
2. Choreography: Kenny Ortega. Music: Various composers and lyricists. Screenplay: Boaz Davidson, Tomás Benitez, and Shepard Goldman, based on a story by Davidson and Eli Tabor. Production design: Mark Haskins. Costumes: Carin Hooper.

Performer (note)

1. Robby Rosa (Rico), Rodney Harvey (Ken), Magali Alvarado (Rita), Miranda Garrison (Luna), Angela Alvarado (Vicki), Moon Orona (Lola), and others.

Title

1. Salsa [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1988.

Cast

1. Robby Rosa (Rico), Rodney Harvey (Ken), Magali Alvarado (Rita), Miranda Garrison (Luna), Angela Alvarado (Vicki), Moon Orona (Lola), and others.

Local subject

1. Motion pictures. Salsa.
2. Social dancing -- 20th century.
3. Social dancing -- Competitions.

Added author

1. Rosa, Robby. Performer
2. Alvarado, Magali. Performer
3. Garrison, Miranda. Performer
4. Alvarado, Angela. Performer
5. Orona, Moon. Performer
6. Ortega, Kenny, producer.
7. Ortega, Kenny, choreographer.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-868