Secrets of Dirty Dancing

Tight schedule

The shooting schedule for Dirty Dancing was much tighter than the time given for most other film shoots, and this meant there wasn’t really any time for mistakes or budgets which allowed for overtime. Surprisingly, the cast were only given two weeks of dance training before filming where they had to learn all the choreography perfectly.

From start to finish, the movie was shot in 44-days, something that is incredibly rare nowadays. The cast were under immense pressure to get everything spot on, and in the end their commitment paid off and it was a massive success.