dance numbers from the 1987 movie. “It’s basically a celebration of ‘Dirty Dancing.’ It’s the 35-year anniversary, and this movie has become such an incredible classic,” Boss, 39, told The Post.“We get to relive all of the moments, and the way we get to do that is our incredible cast of eight different celebrities from various walks of life revisit where they actually shot ‘Dirty Dancing.’”Premiering Tuesday (Feb.
1) at 9 p.m. “The Real Dirty Dancing,” was filmed at Virginia’s Mountain Lake Lodge, which was the site of Kellerman’s Catskills resort in the movie.
The competing celebrities are WWE wrestler Brie Bella, “High School Musical” star Corbin Bleu; Tyler Cameron (“The Bachelorette”); Cat Cora the first female “Iron Chef”; “The Backstreet Boys” member Howie Dorough; ex-NFL player Antonio Gates; “MADtv” comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes (“MADtv”); and “The Real” host Loni Love.They team up in pairs and try to re-create dances from the movie in front of judges until one pair is ultimately crowned as the winning “Baby” and “Johnny” (for Grey’s nickname in the movie and Swayze’s character, Johnny Castle). “When I was pairing everybody up, I was really thinking not only about their skill level and personalities, but also how they would work together as partners, and what they would be able to pull out from each other,” said Boss. “I can’t say too much, but … it is exciting all the way through.
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