Secrets of Dirty Dancing

Dancing to their own beat

Dirty Dancing had some big dance numbers in it that took hours of strict choreography as the most important and memorable scenes in the film, but some of the best moves were actually improvised.

In the scene where Baby and Johnny were crawling towards each other on the floor, Swayze and Grey were actually just messing around and warming up to shoot the scene. At this point, the cameras were already rolling so they caught the whole thing and it became one of the best parts of the movie.