

Q&A with Director Kenny Ortega
Kenny opened with thanking us for taking time out of our day to chat with him. We certainly felt the same way about him. He’s been in the business since the 80’s, choreographing hits like Dirty Dancing and the High School Musical series, as well as directing Michael Jackson’s “This is it” concerts and a world tour! Kenny shared that Gene Kelly was his mentor growing up and always used to say to him, “there needs to be a reason at the center of your ideas that motivates all of your work” mentioning that he shared that with Michael Jackson and other amazing people that he worked with. He added, “and so when music and dance become part of the storytelling it’s fairly simple for me when you can turn a page and there’s a reason for it to exist.” Q: You said out of all the musicals this one had very special memories for you. Why? He explained that he had waited to team up with Gary Marsh again after their success with High School Musical. Sharing that reading the script with Disney characters that he grew up with and now had a chance to “play with these iconic heritage characters and their offspring” was thrilling.

“The experience was amazing. We worked with Kenny Ortega, and Vancouver, Canada is beautiful. We had a really great time, the cast was really close. We spent a lot of time together just hanging out, and we were a really tight knit group.” -Cameron Boyce – Carlos, Disney’s”Descendants”
Descendants premieres July 31st at 8pm on Disney Channel!
pictures courtesy of Disney Channel
Jasmine says
How cool! My boys are looking forward to seeing this!
Andrea @ Honestly Andrea says
What a neat person to interview! My kids really enjoy watching the Disney channel so I’m sure they’re excited to watch this.
Frugal and Fun mom says
My kiddos are so excited to see this movie. We watch the Disney Channel everyday so we have been watching the sneak peeks and watching the countdown clock.