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Kenny Ortega was the director and choreographer for High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

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  • Kenny Ortega was the director and choreographer for High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
  • Kenny Ortega es un personaje de la vida real que aparece durante la canción Carpe Diem.
  • thumb|Kenny Ortega, director de la trilogía. Kenny Ortega es el director y coreógrafo de High School Musical, High School Musical 2 y High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
  • Kenneth John "Kenny" Ortega (born April 18, 1950) is an American producer, director, and choreographer. He is known for directing the High School Musical trilogy and Michael Jackson's This Is It concert tour. He appeared in "Rollercoaster: The Musical!" File:Gross Blueprints.PNG This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
  • Kenny Ortega directed several episode of Gilmore Girls. He is also famous for directing and choreographing the three High School Musical films.
  • Ortega was born in Palo Alto, California. His paternal grandparents were Spanish. Initially known for working with dancer and choreographer Gene Kelly on the film Xanadu, Ortega went on to choreographing the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, and has won awards for choreography in music videos, such as Madonna's "Material Girl". Ortega directed Billy Squier's "Rock Me Tonite" video. Together with Michael Jackson, he created and designed the Dangerous World Tour 1992-1993 and the HIStory World Tour 1996-1997. He choreographed major events such as Super Bowl XXX, the 72nd Academy Awards, the 1996 Summer Olympics (Atlanta) and the 2002 Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City). In addition to choreography, Ortega has directed and choreographed High School Musical, High School Musical 2, High School Musical 3: S
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  • Kenny Ortega was the director and choreographer for High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
  • Kenny Ortega es un personaje de la vida real que aparece durante la canción Carpe Diem.
  • thumb|Kenny Ortega, director de la trilogía. Kenny Ortega es el director y coreógrafo de High School Musical, High School Musical 2 y High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
  • Ortega was born in Palo Alto, California. His paternal grandparents were Spanish. Initially known for working with dancer and choreographer Gene Kelly on the film Xanadu, Ortega went on to choreographing the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, and has won awards for choreography in music videos, such as Madonna's "Material Girl". Ortega directed Billy Squier's "Rock Me Tonite" video. Together with Michael Jackson, he created and designed the Dangerous World Tour 1992-1993 and the HIStory World Tour 1996-1997. He choreographed major events such as Super Bowl XXX, the 72nd Academy Awards, the 1996 Summer Olympics (Atlanta) and the 2002 Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City). In addition to choreography, Ortega has directed and choreographed High School Musical, High School Musical 2, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and was choreographer of the The Cheetah Girls 2. In 2008 Ortega was honored as one of the most powerful and influential Hispanics in entertainment by the Imagen Foundation. In May 2009, Ortega began work on the scheduled Michael Jackson 50-date This Is It concert tour, which was cancelled subsequent to Jackson's sudden death. He directed the concert film Michael Jackson's This Is It which was put together from rehearsal footage recorded at the Los Angeles Forum and the Staples Center. The film was released on October 28. Ortega directed the Michael Jackson Public Memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles memorial service, which was broadcast live on several networks on July 7, 2009. It reached a television audience of 31 million in America, and hundreds of millions (statistics even say billions) more worldwide and via the internet. At the end of the service, he introduced a rendition of Jackson's 1985 charity single "We Are the World" created for the This Is It concerts, featuring Jackson's backing singers on lead vocals with his dancers performing around them. He was set to direct the Footloose remake starring Gossip Girl actor, Chace Crawford, but dropped out in October 2009. Filmography and concerts
  • Kenneth John "Kenny" Ortega (born April 18, 1950) is an American producer, director, and choreographer. He is known for directing the High School Musical trilogy and Michael Jackson's This Is It concert tour. He appeared in "Rollercoaster: The Musical!" File:Gross Blueprints.PNG This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
  • Kenny Ortega directed several episode of Gilmore Girls. He is also famous for directing and choreographing the three High School Musical films.
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