Dance with Me (Full Screen)

Sight and Sound - 05/??/1999
"...Exhilarating..."

Entertainment Weekly - 01/22/1999
"...The sight of these two cavorting to effervescent tropical tunes is [worth the price]..."

USA Today - 08/21/1998
"...Colorful and kinetically edited musical numbers..."

Box Office - 10/01/1998
"...It's a heartwarming tale, and the music's infectious beat gets audiences dancing in their seats..."

Rafael Infante (Chayanne), a Cuban native who never met his real father, immigrates to America. Taking up residence in Houston, he begins searching for his illegitimate father and takes up employment as a superintendent at the world renowned Excelsior Dance Studio run by John Burnett (Kris Kristofferson). While working as a lowly handyman, Rafael meets Ruby (Vanessa Williams), a striking dancer. Together they enter into the Las Vegas World Open Dance competition and embark in a heated romance.

DANCE WITH ME is a warm heartfelt film. It exhibits Randa Haines' knack for suspenseful, romantic storytelling (she worked as a director on HILL STREET BLUES in the early 1980s). Kris Kristofferson departs from his standard role of grit-iron tough guy to play the effeminate dance instructor. Chayanne is striking and dapper. He demonstrates that dancing is both a sexy art form and a mode of expression for confident and empowered men.

Competitions | Dance | Dancers | Dancing | Las Vegas, Nevada | Theatrical Release

Genre:

• Drama Movies

Movie Categories:

• Dramas

Product Groupings:

• Closed Captioned