Kenny Ortega, choreographer for Dirty Dancing and To Wong Foo…, has joined colleagues in paying tribute to Patrick Swayze. “Patrick was a great human being who I knew as a loving son, husband ...

Director Kenny Ortega gives Us the scoop on the talked-about reboot of the 1987 classic. ... one person is behind it — Patrick Swayze's widow, Lisa Niemi. Kenny Ortega, ...

What do Michael Jackson, Zac Efron, Bette Midler and Patrick Swayze have in common? They've all worked closely with choreographer Kenny Ortega — a veteran song and dance man who has inspired ...

says Kenny Ortega, veteran choreographer and the man responsible for perhaps the most famous dance move in film history - the Dirty Dancing “lift”. He is, of course, talking about Patrick Swayze .

DIRTY Dancing choreographer Kenny Ortega has likened the late Patrick Swayze to the legendary Gene Kelly and gushed over the actor's "masculinity combined with incredible elegance" as he ...

Kenny Ortega, the choreographer of ... Dancing" was set in 1963 and featured Jennifer Grey as a teen who falls in love with a dance teacher, played by the late Patrick Swayze, while on vacation ...

Lionsgate announced on Monday that "Dirty Dancing" is going to get a reboot -- songs from the 1960s would be added, and "Dancing" choreographer Kenny Ortega (who came up with the "dirty" dance ...

Patrick Swayze catapulted to fame in 1987, yet was driven to self-destruction. ... (Rosemary) He told Kenny Ortega, "I have one more. One more." And that was the one that they used.

"High School Musical" helmer Kenny Ortega has closed a deal to direct a remake of "Dirty Dancing" for Lionsgate, revisiting the 1987 romance pic for which he choreographed stars Patrick Swayze and ...

Kenny Ortega has revealed that Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi has given her "support" to his upcoming remake of Dirty Dancing. Ortega choreographed the famous dance scenes in the original movie ...

DIRTY Dancing choreographer Kenny Ortega has likened the late Patrick Swayze to Gene Kelly and gushed over the actor's "masculinity combined with incredible elegance" as he reminisced about the ...

Remember that scene from Dirty Dancing when Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey practice their lifts in a lake? Turns out they weren't the only ones in the water; choreographer Kenny Ortega was right ...