HURLEYVILLE, N.Y. — The 30th anniversary of the release of “Dirty Dancing” is being celebrated near the former resort that inspired the film.
The Hurleyville Arts Centre is having a “Dirty Dancing”-themed Saturday. The events including a fashion show set to the 1987 film’s soundtrack, a talk by former resort dance instructor Jackie Horner and a screening of the movie.
Horner taught dance lessons to guests and entertainers at nearby Grossinger’s, now abandoned. The famous Catskills hotel served as the inspiration for Brooklyn native Eleanor Bergstein’s screenplay.
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