And because the original film was set in the early 1960s ... to “involve as many people from the original movie as appropriate.” Dirty Dancing 2 is still in production, and is likely to ...

RICHMOND — The 1987 cult movie classic “Dirty Dancing,” though set in New York’s Catskills, draws fans every year to the southwest Virginia lodge where it actually was filmed.

The movie will celebrate its 35th anniversary later this month. Patrick Swayze’s widow, Lisa Niemi, chats with ET as his iconic film, ‘Dirty Dancing,’ celebrates its 35th anniversary.

A. As a little girl growing up in dance classes, “Dirty Dancing” was one of those iconic dance movies that we were introduced to at a youngish age because the dancing is so phenomenal in it.