Research Catalog

Title

Salsa [videorecording]

Publication

1988.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rosa, Robby.
• Alvarado, Magali.
• Garrison, Miranda.
• Alvarado, Angela.
• Orona, Moon.
• Ortega, Kenny

Description

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

Summary

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

Salsa (Dance)

Genre/Form

Latin dancing.

Note

• 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.
• 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)

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

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-868

OCLC

• 18720337
• NYPY906016490-F

Title

Salsa [videorecording]

Imprint

1988.

Cast

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

Local Subject

Motion pictures. Salsa.

Social dancing -- 20th century.

Social dancing -- Competitions.

Added Author

Rosa, Robby. Performer

Alvarado, Magali. Performer

Garrison, Miranda. Performer

Alvarado, Angela. Performer

Orona, Moon. Performer

Ortega, Kenny, producer.

Ortega, Kenny, choreographer.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-868