Dance - From Break Dance - Song of the Week

"Dance" comes from the Season 3 episode "Break Dance" and is written by Barry Fasman and Sue Sheridan. 

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"Oooh,

I’m alive and I’m a spinning top.                                                                                                              I’m Electric, I just can’t stop.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance (Break it up, break it down)

Gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance (aha)

I gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance (Break it in, break it out)

Gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance.

Yeah!

Oooh,

I’m electric, I’m a cannonball,                                                                                                                  I’m a shoot star, Forever going far.

Gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance (Break it up, break it down)

Gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance (whoa)

I gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance (Break it in, break it out)

Gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance.

Oooh!

Yeah!

I’m alive and I’m a spinning top.                                                                                                              I’m Electric, I just can’t stop.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance (Break it up, break it down)

Gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance (aha)

I gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance (Break it in, break it out)

Gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance.

I Gotta Dance

Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance (Break it up, break it down)

I Gotta Dance

Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance (yeah)

I gotta  Dance

Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance (Break it in, break it out)

Gotta Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance."

Break Dance Script Part 2

Break Dance Script Part 1

Break Dance - Broadcast Dates -Trivia of the Week

Broadcast Dates for Break Dance


USA                 10th December 1983

Netherlands    31st March 1984


U.K.                  6th April 1984
                         repeated on The Children's Channel Autumn 1992

Belgium           26th May 1988

France             17th December 1988


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Julie Miller - Character of the Month

Julie Miller

Julie Miller arrives in New York City with her Mother, fresh from the small town of Grand Rapids, Michigan after her parents get a divorce.

Standing at 5 feet 10 inches, Julie is tall with long hair. She is a little quiet and shy and a very talented cellist. She wins a place at the School of the Arts but finds living in New York and trying to fit in to the school much harder than she expected.   A couple of accidents creates a rift with Coco Hernandez but Montgomery MacNeill takes Julie under his wing and tutors her in how to survive in New York and at the school. This helps Julie come out of her shell.

As well as struggling to fit in at school Julie is missing her boyfriend Lester who is back in Grand Rapids trying to support her Mother who has her own anxieties about moving to the City and trying to find a job.  

Julie was born on July 13^th under the sign of Cancer, which coco labels as a “moon child...Always into big emotional scenes”.  Julie’s star sign also causes and issue with Coco, in “The Sell Out” believing it could impact on the success of a school show.

Despite being a musician Julie is keen to develop her acting and dancing skills too. When she goes up against Coco for the part of Desdemona in Othello, Julie is surprised to discover that she won the part.

In “Childhood’s End” Julie’s Cello is stolen and that makes her doubt herself. Having lost her precious 200 year old Cello she believes using another cello affects her performance.

 Julie has a brief relationship with student teacher and reporter Jeff Harris in “Expose” but when she releases he is planning to a piece full of scandal for a newspaper they quickly break up. When Lester and some other friends are on a visit to New York in “A Tough Act To Follow” Julie wants to keep her two Worlds separate, scared that she’s not the same person anymore and her old friends won’t understand. 

Troy Phillips develops a crush on her in “Love is the Answer” and her mother believes she is having a sexual relationship with Bruno Martelli in “Friendship Day”.

Julie is viewed as straight laced and honest and surprises people when she gets angry. In 

“Relationships” when she is mad at Doris for using her she reveals that as a child she was quite a tomboy and would get into fist fights all the time. Also she surprises people when she wants to be part of a bet Danny sets up in “Sunshine Again”, as they don’t expect her to get involved with things like that.

In “Feelings” Julie’s father comes to town and says he has something important to tell her. Julie is hoping that her parents will have reconciliation but is disappointed to discover that her Father is marrying someone else.  This and the fact that she didn’t win a music competition makes her doubt her whether she is good enough to ever make it as a performer.  

We learn in "Gonna Learn How To Fly Part One", that during the summer break Julie won a scholarship to a classical music camp in Corpus Christi, Texas. There she meets Glen an athlete, who specialises in the shot put and worked as a life guard at the camp. After about 7 weeks Julie and Glen got married and Julie decided not to return to New York and the School of the Arts. 

Morgan Stevens Greek Magazine Article 1984

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Behind the scenes of Break Dance - Greek Magazine article 1984

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I Still Believe In Me - Erica Gimpel - Song of the Week

"I Still Believe In Me" comes from the Season 3 episode "Break Dance". Written by Gary Portnoy and Sue Sheridan, it is performed by Erica Gimpel. 

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"I thought I had it this time,
I thought the dream would be mine.
Hoping to fly I afar.
Oh how I wish I just didn't care at all.
Because when you don't care you don't cry,
It wont hurt if you don't try.

But I still believe in all of my dreams,
And all that I can be.
I'll learn from mistakes,
Do all that it takes,
To make it eventually.
'Cause I still believe in me.

I'll find an unbreakable heart,
To help me get through this part.
And I swear, I'll never rest,
Till I am standing up there with the very best.
Oh but there's no heart that wont break,
And some times its a heartache.

But I still believe in all of my dreams,
And all that I can be.
I'll learn from mistakes.
Do all that it takes to make it eventually.
Coz I still believe, I still believe,
I still believe in me.

But I still believe in all of my dreams,
And all that I can be.
I'll learn from mistakes,
Do all that it takes, to make it eventually.
Coz I still believe, still believe,
Yes I still believe in me" 

Break Dance - Inside Fame on TV Extract

Lori Singer - Cast Member of the Month

Lori Singer

Lori Singer was born Lori Jacqueline Singer on 6^th November 1957 making her star sign Scorpio. Scorpion’s have been described as honest, loyal and knowing what they want out of life and not being afraid to work hard and play the long game to get it.

Lori was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the daughter of conductor Jacques Singer and Leslie Singer (née Wright), a concert pianist. When Lori was four years old, she relocated with her family and as raised in Portland, Oregon, where her father served as lead conductor of the Portland Symphony Orchestra from 1962 to 1972.

Lori has a twin Brother Gregory and two older brothers Marc, and Claude. Marc is also an actor and best known for his role on the TV miniseries V.

A musical prodigy Lori made her debut as a cellist with the Oregon Symphony at thirteen, and She attended Lincoln High School in Portland.   In the summer of 1971, Lori and Gregory attended a summer music camp in New York led by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Lori was subsequently accepted to  the Juilliard School in New York City, at age fourteen, where she became the youngest graduate of the institution. After graduating from Juilliard, She performed with the Western Washington University Symphony Orchestra and won the Bergen Philharmonic Competition.

In the early 1980s, Lori signed with Elite Model Management and appeared in top fashion magazines like Vogue, before shifting her focus to acting. She also married Richard Emery in 1980.

Inspired by her Brother Marc Singer's success in Hollywood, Lori had started taking acting lessons at age 17. Success came pretty much straight away when in 1980 Lori was cast as cellist Julie Miller for the pilot of the television series Fame, in which she appeared in at total of 36 episodes in the first and second seasons. She also starred in the 1982 TV Movie “Born Beautiful” and won a Silver Halo Award for her performance.

Lori also toured with the Fame cast in the U.K. in 1982 and 1983. Whilst on tour in the U.K. Lori learnt that she’d got the lead role of Ariel Moore in the musical film Footloose; beating out Madonna for the part. As Fame had been cancelled by NBC in America contracts were up for renewal for the third season and Lori decided not to resign and quit the tour to fly back to America to start work on the film, which was a huge success when it was released in 1984.

Lori carved out a quite a career in movies with parts in John Schlesinger's drama “The Falcon and the Snowman”, the comedy “The Man with One Red Shoe”, the horror film “Warlock”.  In 1985, Lori was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in Trouble in Mind. She also appeared in Robert Altman’s ensemble drama “Short Cuts” in 1993, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for her outstanding performance.

In her personal life, Lori had a son, Jacques Rio, in 1991 and divorced her husband Richard in 1998. In 1993, Lori performance in Short Cuts (1993).

In 1995, Lori starred in VR.5 (1995) the short-lived sci-fi series. That same year, she was also listed in People magazine as one of the "Most Beautiful People". After the series ended in 1997 

Lori took some time to bring up her son, living in Manhattan.

Lori still plays the cello regularly, and continues to act in various projects. She also devotes a lot of time to fundraising for various charities.

Break Dance - Full Production Credits - Trivia of the Week

Executive Producer:   William Blinn

 Producer:  Ken Erhlich

Consulting Producer: David De Silva

Creator: Christopher Gore

Writer:  Michael McGreevey

Director: Michael Peters

Executive Story Consultant: Christopher Beaumont

Associate Producer: Frank Merwald

                                     Scott Stambler

Choreography: Debbie Allen

Assistant Choreographer: Otis Sallid

Director of Photography: Sherman L. Kunkel A.S.C

Art Director: Ira Diamond

Editor: Jim McElroy

Unit Production Manager: Denny Salvaryn

First Assistant Director: Win Phelps

Second Assistant Director: Matt Earl Beesley     

Set Director: Leonard Mazzola

Producer’s Coordinator: Frank Fischer

Script Supervisor: Jane Ficker

Property Master:  John Klima

Stunt Coordinator: Bud Davis

Online Editor: Joe Bella

Sound: John Oliver

Recording Mixer: Jerry Clemans  C.A.S.             

Costume Supervisor: Marilyn Matthews

Make Up: Jack Wilson  

Hair Stylist: Gloria Montemayer

Sound Editor: Harry M . Cheney

Score: Gary Scott

Fame Theme: Michael Gore

                           Dean Pitchford

Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski

Music Coordinator: Gary Scott

Assistant Music Coordinator: Mauren Crowe

Songs by The Entertainment Company: Martin Bandier & Charles Koppelman

Songs Producer:  Barry Fasman.

Casting: Al Onorato, A.S.C.D

             Jerry Franks  A.S.C.D

Original Casting: Mary Goldberg (New York)

                                Linda Francis (Los Angeles)

Capezio Dancewear provided by: Ballet Makers Inc

Musical Instruments provided  by:

                                                       Casio – EMI Division

                                                           Fender Musical Instruments

                                                       Schafer and Sons, Pianos & Organs

                                                           Selmar Musical Instruments

                                                      Roland Corporation

National Advertising Sales:     Lexington Broadcast Service

Produced by M.G.M

In Cooperation with: RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana TV2

In association with: Eilenna Corporation.

Post Production Facility: Complete Post Inc

Executive in charge of Production: Ted Zachary

Payrole Accountant: Kevin King

Dancers:

              Derrick Brice

  Michael Delorenzo

  Cameron English

  Leanne Gerrish

  Kimberlee Layton Hurley

  Joni Palmer

              Marguerite Pomerhn

              Eartha D. Robinson

              Serge Rodnunsky

              Allysia Sneed

              Bronwyn Thomas             

              Darryl Tribble

              Rocker Verastique

              Margaret Williams         

Fame on Television Chapter 17