North America / USA / California
Dance with Me was a film shown at the cinemas of the United States in 1998, grossing $ 15,814,088 in its entirety. Its genre is romantic cut – musical and its duration is 126 min. Directed by Randa Haines and starring Vanessa Williams and Chayanne, this film popularized once again music, and especially the Salsa with the magnificent and numerous musical dances that maintains and encourages all viewers of the film to go dancing this tropical rhythm.
Sinopsis
After the death of his mother, Cuban Rafael Infante attractive (Chayanne) decides to leave Cuba and travel to Houston, Texas, to meet his father John Burnett (owner of a dance school Excelsior), he does not know.
Upon arrival, Rafael does not know how to tell the truth to his father and began working as a cleaning assistant at school. They soon realize that he is a great dancer and include his in the dance they are preparing for the competition in Las Vegas.
His energy and enthusiasm inject new illusions in the dance school as lackluster and close to extinction In the Excelsior Rafael meets the beautiful Ruby (Vanessa L. Williams), a former dance champion determined to regain its status as one of the best professional dancers from the Latin ballroom dancing.
Familiar with all the sleight of men, Ruby fighting the attraction she feels for the newcomer seducer, whose vibrant style of dancing Salsa seems too spontaneous, due to the great sense of belonging that beget Latin cultures, and somewhat lower than yours.
Cultural differences between the two are reflected in different styles of dance. Ruby dances because she must win, Rafael by the pure joy of doing it. Both end up falling on the stage of a salsa club. And this sympathetic, fond upstart end up teaching professional dancer to relax her disciplined approach and to feel the music.
Data Sheet
- Director: Randa Haines
- Production: Shinya Egawa Randa Haines Lauren Weissman Music: Michael Convertino
- Photograph: Fred Murphy Mounting: Joel Hernåndez (Dancer)
- Cast: Vanessa Williams (Ruby Sinclair) Chayanne (Rafael Infante) Kris Kristofferson (John Burnett) Joan Plowright (Bea Johnson) Jane Krakowski (Patricia Black) Harry Groener (Michael)
Soundtracks
- Refugio de amor – Chayanne ft. Vanessa Williams
- Echa pa’lante (Cha-Cha mix) – Thalia
- Eres todo en mi – Ana Gabriel
- Fiesta pa’los rumberos – Abita
- Heaven’s What I Feel Mix – Gloria Stefan
- La patria – Rubén Blades Magdalenha – Sergio Mendes
- Black Machine – Jazz Machine (Samba Ballroom)
- Pantera en libertad – Mönica Naranjo • Suavemente (Mix) – Elvis Crespo
- Tres deseos (Remix) – Gloria Stefan
- Want You, Miss You, Love You – Jon Secada
- Atrévete [No Puedes Conmigo] – Dark Latin Groove
- Pa los que suena – Mauri Gonzalez
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